For the last 25 years I have known when my light & voice warning should start coming on when going up a big hill. The past couple tanks, neither has come on, and I have put 11.5-12 gallons in. I assume they both run off the same sensor? Is there a way to test it? The bulb is good since it turns on when the iginition is on. I didn't know how much I relied on this until I started seeing my guage on E!
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Low Fuel Warning
Low Fuel Light is for women drivers anyway David! When you think it should come on, go another 20 miles, see what happens. It could just be that the sensor in the fuel tank is gummed up or something? The car is 28 years old!
Hahaha. My gas gauge doesn't even work at all let alone the warning light and voice. The only gauge that reliably works after the ka24de swap is the speedo. To measure my fuel I simply reset my tripometer after I fill up and once I hit 200 to 220 miles I fill up and reset the trip again.
I just like things to work right - guess I'm kind of anal that way. I can go 240 miles no problem and refill, but I will miss the light & Betty. Put in 11.6 gallons today - no light ):
So will have to pull the pump to check this, correct?
Hey David, yeah pull the pump assy to get at all the goods. It's easy in this car. Might be a bad connection back there, or the wires got crunched by something heavy in the rear bay, they just run under the carpet. Good luck with it, my gauge still works, but Betty retired some time back. She still tells me when the keys are in and the lights are on.