I ran my car out of gas this morning.

It had zero bars showing, but I figured I could get a few more miles out of it before I had to stop and fill it up. I knew it was getting very low last time I drove it and it cut out under acceleration. I just didn't have time to stop and get gas then, figuring I could make it to the gas station this morning before it hit totally empty. I got about one block and it just died.

So I ran back home, got the gas can that is normally reserved for the lawn mower and dumped in a gallon or two. What surprised me is that it took a long time cranking before it finally started. I was guessing that the fuel pickup might be on the driver's side, so I pushed it back so the right rear tire was in someone's driveway to tilt the car a little more to the left. I love the electric power steering, by the way, since it works when the engine is off.

It eventually started and then ran fine. I went straight to the gas station and filled it up with 91 octane. Everything is fine now.

I find it interesting that just leaving the ignition on for 15 or 20 seconds isn't enough to let the fuel pump do its work and charge up whichever parts of the fuel system had gone empty, like on other cars I've owned.

Have any of the rest of you run your S2000 completely out of gas?

 

have never run a car out of gas, as i dont really want to change fuel filters already!!

 

It should last 20-50 miles when the bars first go.
Depending on how u drive.

 

i suggest that you inspect your fuel filter as you just managed to suck up every piece of crud that has been hiberating in your tank for the past couple of years.

lesson learned: it takes more time and effort to get fuel to a vehicle than vice versa!!!!

 

Let's see... I'm 38 now, been driving since I was 17... and I've never run out of gas... Why? Because I don't let my fuel gauge get down to zero. What is it about people and buying gas? Seems I see so many threads here about people wondering how much gas they have left in the tank when "no bars" are showing. How can anyone be so careless?? I just don't get it. Someone posted that he thinks he's saving time on fill-ups by waiting until there's almost no fuel left in the tank before looking for a gas station- How much time did you waste as you waited at the side of the road for the AAA truck to bring you a gas can? I'm a part-time musician, if I don't get to the gig early, then I don't get hired again. Life is too short to run your car dry, not to mention the possible damage to your fuel pump, fuel filter, etc.

 

I believe that the fuel pump only runs when the engine is turning over.............it's a safety feature so as not to continue to pump gas after an accident.............

greybeard

 

i must admit to running a car dry, ONCE, many moons ago. i was 17 or 18, mid to late winter, i started my trusty old truck and left it running to get it warmed up. can't remember the exact details... but i went back inside and got distracted by something, and an hour or two later i came back out to find it had run dry. haven't done it since.

 

No I won't let it happen.....

 

I guess you guys didn't get the point out of that famed Seinfeld episode either than.

too bad...

1 bar showing, and loving every minute of it !!!

 

What's funny in a different way is that back in college I'd rolled my CRX in a hard "S" twisty over a railroad track. Dented the fuel tank. Fuel gauge would not read anything lower than 1/4 tank from then on. So I had to revert to calculating fuel from the trip odo between fillups.

...too bad I'd never told my dad about the fuel gauge when he borrowed my car one stormy night

- Dave

PS. Just yesterday I put 11.54 gallons into The Bruised Banana. I don't think I EVER want to go lower than that