Have you ever driven a car with no fuel before?
By Gudheart
@gudheart (12659)
September 30, 2016 5:19pm CST
I was interested to find out how much reserve a car has for fuel usually and how far we could potentially go on a car journey if our fuel or petrol tank ran out?
I heard that even when the light indicator in a car shows empty there is still enough fuel in the car for a 30mile drive.
Have you ever experienced this before?
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7 responses
@Mike197602 (15505)
• United Kingdom
30 Sep 16
I did nearly 100 miles once in my car when the fuel light was flashing.
Computer said 0 miles a couple of weeks ago and I kept driving it then it ran out of diesel in my work car park
The actual reserve depends on the car and if you've got a petrol car you could test the reserve as long as you've a spare fuel can
...I've done it a lot but it's not such a good idea with a diesel.
The actual reserve depends on the car and if you've got a petrol car you could test the reserve as long as you've a spare fuel can...I've done it a lot but it's not such a good idea with a diesel.2 people like this
@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
1 Oct 16
Ugh, I got to the part where you mentioned diesel and yelled "Don't do it!" about running out. It sucks because you have to take so much time to bleed the lines again. I did it once with a tractor and never again.
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@Mike197602 (15505)
• United Kingdom
1 Oct 16
@OneOfMany I didn't have to do that with my car as I think it does it itself but it did take a while to start after I ran out of fuel and added new fuel.
From my experience it's certainly harder to restart a diesel than a petrol engine.
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@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
1 Oct 16
@Mike197602 That's fortunate. The tractor certainly didn't have that feature.
A normal combustion engine is much easier to work with. As long as it can ignite the fuel it's good to go. Diesel requires a little finesse since it doesn't exactly ignite without temperature and pressure being just right.
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@ricki_911 (21625)
• Toronto, Ontario
30 Sep 16
It depends on the car. I have an older car and I can go 100km after.
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@infatuatedbby (94914)
• United States
30 Sep 16
I have drove maybe 15 miles max on the E light but not normally
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@infatuatedbby (94914)
• United States
1 Oct 16
@gudheart nope because there should be a gallon left!
@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
1 Oct 16
I haven't tried it with my car, though I imagine it would get an interesting result being a hybrid. Although the battery is 5 years old, so I'd rather try it with a new one.
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@RitzzView (3038)
• India
1 Oct 16
Not car, but scooty. And I didn't know without or with very less amount of fuel a scooty could work, it was my friend who did this, turn the key off, and drive a while, then again drive with starting the scooty! :) :p
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