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Dec 15, 2007 | 03:37 PM

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blackhat620

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Originally Posted by 05BHD

fuel ? on fill up mine usually says 420 till emty it use to read fuel low at around 30 now if it gets close to 60 with no low warning its emty and dies.

Miles to empty changes just like average fuel mileage displayed, based on load, engine speed, throttle postion etc. When you get to 1/4 tank on the gauge fill up as it is hard on the injectors if you run the truck empty. With a 29 gallon tank 420 is about right at just over 14mpg, at 60 miles left you have only about 4 gallons in the tank and this can be hard for the fuel pump to pickup consistantly.

Dec 15, 2007 | 03:54 PM

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05BHD

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thanks! i dont usually run till emty just odd after they replaced my fuel pump and a few injectors the low fuel light doesnt come on anymore but its not that big of a deal.

Dec 15, 2007 | 03:59 PM

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bfloyd4445

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Originally Posted by 05BHD

thanks! i dont usually run till emty just odd after they replaced my fuel pump and a few injectors the low fuel light doesnt come on anymore but its not that big of a deal.

Take it back and tell them to fix it!Injectors and a fuel pump should have no effect on the light unlesss something wasn't plugged in

Dec 15, 2007 | 03:59 PM

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blackhat620

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Originally Posted by 05BHD

thanks! i dont usually run till emty just odd after they replaced my fuel pump and a few injectors the low fuel light doesnt come on anymore but its not that big of a deal.

Just noticed in your sig you are running a tuner. The tuner will mess up the miles to empty reading as well.