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Originally Posted by km2002
Any ideas why the bingo light would be late tripping or not firing at all?
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No, but I wouldn't recommend that you rely so heavily on either the guage or the light, nor would I recommend that you let your fuel level drop so low if you can avoid it.
Firstly, fuel guages are
not perfect, and they are not designed to be perfect. Running out of gas is not only a major inconvenience, but it's also bad for the car.
In addition, your fuel pump is submerged in gasoline and uses it for lubrication; when you let your fuel run very low, you are asking for premature fuel pump failure, which is a multiple-hundred-dollar job by itself, plus there's a good chance it will leave you stranded somewhere on the side of the road.
The fact that the light doesn't seem to trigger as early as it once did doesn't mean anything problematic it all.