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Feb 14, 2015 | 10:47 PM

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Half of a qtr of a tank??????

Guess that would be 1/8th--but im on cold medicine so......

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Feb 14, 2015 | 10:48 PM

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Every Ford I have owned or driven has acted like that. It's a Ford thing in the the way they OHM out the fuel sender.

Yep same here with the only exception being the explorer--it seems to be dead on.

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Feb 14, 2015 | 10:56 PM

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Half of a qtr of a tank??????

well at least it wasn't 1/4 of a 1/4, kidding Bro, I have wondered the same thing , when the fuel light comes on I can still drive for like 40 miles , heart beating and tight grip to say the least I hate walking

Feb 14, 2015 | 11:38 PM

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Half of a qtr of a tank??????

I think "most" people figured out he meant 1/8th of a tank. 😊

Feb 14, 2015 | 11:52 PM

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Well that'll teach me

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Feb 15, 2015 | 12:25 AM

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Originally Posted by KDAVID1

Well that'll teach me

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Just messing with you. I had to read it twice and thought 1/8 would have been easier to type

Feb 15, 2015 | 01:20 AM

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Just messing with you. I had to read it twice and thought 1/8 would have been easier to type

Hahaha--true--I figured--I'm usually the entertainment. This being sick and the medication I've been taking has me all squirrelled up--it's kinda like you don't ever email or text for businees when your drunk type of thing )lol

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Feb 15, 2015 | 09:29 AM

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On the rare occasions that I space out and let my fuel tank get so low that I hope the next fuel station is downhill, I can get about 31 gallons in with patience. The patience is required to counteract Ford's foamerizer design

. I can usually trickle another 6gal in after the nozzle automatically clicks off.

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Feb 15, 2015 | 09:36 AM

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I can usually get a bit extra myself. With about 8ft of extra of fuel filler pipe I considered that reserve lol,

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Feb 15, 2015 | 10:12 PM

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I can usually get a bit extra myself. With about 8ft of extra of fuel filler pipe I considered that reserve lol,

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hahaha , I tried that with my Chevy truck thinking well it does run on Fumes. dag gum thing stalled right in the middle of the Intersection with a load of lumber on the rack, I thought to my self ( self why didn't you stop at the am/pm and just add 10 bucks instead of trying to Push this HEAVY truck out the road) ARG

Feb 16, 2015 | 02:13 AM

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For as many Ford trucks as I've owned over the years....one thing I've learned is too never, ever trust the factory gauges. First mod I do on any purchase are aftermarket gauges or a monitor.

Feb 16, 2015 | 05:15 AM

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You also have to watch the fuel level rod doesn't get bent even a little will throw the switch off a little. Float doesn't set quite right.

Feb 16, 2015 | 05:55 AM

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That would stink!!! Lowest I've gotten mine to ever has been 25 miles show till empty on the lie o meter. I probably could have gone a lot further -but wasn't going to push it. Heck that time I still only put 28 gallons in it-hince my head scratching.

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