Gas Milage Question

[ZL1power69]

Originally Posted by dirtnap300

Nope, wrong on that one. (at least on my Blazer) when that little needle is pointing at the second orange bar (that means empty) she shuts off! There is no reserve or anything, once that gauge says empty you better be at a gas station or you will be walking, soon..

I took my blazer to Ohio on a road trip once (about 450 miles) and i noticed that i could go 280 miles on the first half of tank and only 75 on the bottom half.... i wish i could re-calibrate that dam gauge.

yep. last time i let it go all the way to E, i had 280 on the tank and I drifted into the gas station. I wounder if the autometer fuel gage is more accurate.

[93LT]

It is not so much the gauge as it is the sending unit. The flost is on a wire, most likely if a fuel pump has been changed, the installer probably bent the wire give a false/inaccurate reading to the gauge.

[BlazayBlazerious]

What are we using as the "empty" reference point for checking the mileage? Are we talking when the light goes on or when the range on the trip computer says Lo? From full to danm near running out of gas I get about 300mi on about a 70/30 highway/city mix.

My gauge is the same way. I figure about 1 click left of the 3/4 mark is actually 1/2 tank.

[the87hyper]

Originally Posted by cleanshavenrsx

2dr has a 20g tank

Not saying your wrong, because i was.... i opened the owners manual and it says 2dr 19 gal, 4dr 18 gal. I was reading about the whole gas gauge post also.... when my gauge is on E it still has about 3-4 gal in it. I'm pretty sure it wasnt tampered with cause i bought the truck with 18K on it. I've read the several of you have poted E is E. I know we have already touched this in another post, but has anyone else noticed that GM gas gauges are weird?

[LS19962DRBLAZER4X4]

Thats my 1996 2Dr LS Chevy Blazer that has 72000 miles on it.