Miles To Empty Question
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The reason I ask...The other day I had 1/8 of tank left and it was telling me that i had 8 miles till empty...seemed kinda strange only 8 miles. Last night thought I traveled from NJ back to md and when I got fuel in Nj it said 302 til empty, So I reset the trip odeometer to see if they would match when I got home. Upon arriving home, I took odometer reading and looked at miles until empty. Odometer was about 58 miles so miles until empty should have read 244 miles but it was at 242. Not bad I guess...
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I normally don't pay attention to the miles to empty until the truck is low on fuel. I've noticed that it is very innacurate in that range, typically displaying almost twice the distance to empty the truck actually will travel. For instance, when it reads 70 miles to empty, I'm lucky to go 35-40 miles before it reads 0. I have discovered, twice - incidentally, that my truck will only travel another 10 miles once it hits 0. In that respect, it's actually pretty accurate.
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Originally Posted by srauner
I've noticed that it is very innacurate in that range, typically displaying almost twice the distance to empty the truck actually will travel. For instance, when it reads 70 miles to empty, I'm lucky to go 35-40 miles before it reads 0.
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Ive driven a couple of miles when it said "0". Wasnt smart, but there wasnt any gas stations around. The gas needle was below emprty.
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When i first fill mine say with $40 or about 14.5 gallons, itll say like 270 till empty which i never get. However i usually only average 210 or so off of $40. Id say once it starts getting low like 50 or less, mine has been pretty accurate. It must recalculate as you drive b/c once i get to 150, the readout will usally read 50-60 till empty.
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Originally Posted by Brody3665
Well it seems the gauge is not too accurate until the very end 
So whats the average amount of miles one can get (ballpark figure of course) with the 44 gallon v-10?
So whats the average amount of miles one can get (ballpark figure of course) with the 44 gallon v-10?
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Last month we drove 650 miles on one tank on I-80 heading east @ 65mph. When I filled up she took alittle over 3 gallons. My wife calculated we were getting 16.2 mpg on our 2000 V-10 with 4.30 gears and tires at 65psi with air conditioner on. Our truck is stock with 78,000 miles.
