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Naturally, the inlet for the fuel pump is at the bottom of the tank, where all the "crud" would tend to collect. Unless the crud in the tank is floating crud, running the fuel level too low isn't going to allow any more junk into the fuel system. I, for one, have never observed any floating debris. Additionally, the fuel inlet is filtered by a screen, and the rest of the system is protected by an even finer, replaceable filter. I don't think there's much probability that a low fuel level will cause any problems.
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I've been keeping a gas can in the trunk and running my tank empty.
I'd always thought that driving ''til the sputtering stage could ultimately damage the fuel pump since it depended on gas as a lubricant. Or not? Ron (running dry on wine damages the soul).
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One thing that I found interesting is that after running it out of fuel, it's very quick to start again when the tank is refilled. On some cars, especially carbureted ones, it can take several minutes of cranking and waiting for the fuel to make it's way to the engine. On the SVX, it starts as though it had never run out. And it also quits without much indication that it's about to, excepting the gas gauge that cries wolf. |
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Using the gas gauge to figure out gas mileage fro any car is a joke. The only way to get the mileage right is to fill up the SVX each time you get gas and record the gallons used and miles driven since the last fill up.
As long as everything in the SVX is working fine, O2's, coolant sensors go bad to and don't trip the CEL, then the next thing is how you drive. Driving a short distance of less than 30 minutes dosen't give the engine and trans enough time to warm-up. Then it is how you accelerate. The slower the better for gas mileage. Take care, John
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