ran out of GAS...TWICE!
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I have a 99 GS 300 and when the gauge reads about 1/8 of a tank left, the car runs out of gas. What is wrong with my fuel indicating system? Anyway to get it re-calibrated? Much help is appreciated.
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hmmm, did your low fuel light lid on when you had 1/4 of gas left? or do you know that its actually low on gas when the light goes on?
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can it be the fuel sending unit?
did you change your fuel filter recently? i know mine got kinked up when i was re-installing it and it did the same thing. said i had 1/4 gas but i was already on empty and almost ran out of gas. luckily ny has tons of gas stations near by. after i reinstalled it i was back to normal.
did you change your fuel filter recently? i know mine got kinked up when i was re-installing it and it did the same thing. said i had 1/4 gas but i was already on empty and almost ran out of gas. luckily ny has tons of gas stations near by. after i reinstalled it i was back to normal.
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I am having the same problem with my 99 gs300. Just ran out of gas last night. The low fuel light came on about 5 miles before the car started to die on the highway. The fuel gage still read 1/8 of a tank.
What is confusing me though, is that after I literally coasted up to a gas pump, the car would not take more than 16 gallons of gas?? I was under the impression we had almost a 20 gallon tank on these cars. Could I maybe have a weak fuel pump, or a dirty fuel filter? Or do we just have a small tank in these cars? I just don't wanna get stuck if something is failing. Car has 92k miles btw.
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What is confusing me though, is that after I literally coasted up to a gas pump, the car would not take more than 16 gallons of gas?? I was under the impression we had almost a 20 gallon tank on these cars. Could I maybe have a weak fuel pump, or a dirty fuel filter? Or do we just have a small tank in these cars? I just don't wanna get stuck if something is failing. Car has 92k miles btw.
Thanks
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