gas light question

mycarhatesme · Post by **mycarhatesme** » January 11th, 2006, 2:42 pm

how many aprox. kms will a mx3 get once the gas light comes on...? again...just aprox.

azazel95 · Post by **azazel95** » January 11th, 2006, 9:21 pm

My car doesn't have a gas light

mr1in6billion · Post by **mr1in6billion** » January 11th, 2006, 10:13 pm

My light comes on after i've used up 8 gallons, but then tends to go off for a while. It doesn't light up constant untill 9 gallons have been used. That leaves you with well over a gallon left before your car will start to sputter. Depending on city or hwy that can be anywhere from 30 to 60 miles.

Which is good since my fuel gage doesn't work

that light is my only friendly reminder to pull over.

mr1in6billion · Post by **mr1in6billion** » January 11th, 2006, 10:14 pm

azazel95 wrote:My car doesn't have a gas light

really? what year and model? Seems kind of messed up not to give you one.

95 rs · Post by **95 rs** » January 11th, 2006, 10:47 pm

i dont have one either.....

azazel95 · Post by **azazel95** » January 12th, 2006, 11:35 am

mr1in6billion wrote:
azazel95 wrote:My car doesn't have a gas light
really? what year and model? Seems kind of messed up not to give you one.

95 rs model; 1.6 dohc mtx

mycarhatesme · Post by **mycarhatesme** » January 12th, 2006, 2:34 pm

thanks! 30-40 it is..

mr1in6billion · Post by **mr1in6billion** » January 12th, 2006, 2:51 pm

azazel95 wrote:
mr1in6billion wrote:
azazel95 wrote:My car doesn't have a gas light
really? what year and model? Seems kind of messed up not to give you one.
95 rs model; 1.6 dohc mtx

strange... I have the same car.

I drive a 95 RS MTX too, but canadian style, which has the light

My parts car is a 92 GS ATX, american style, that also has the light

The gas light is just a dot under the E that lights up orange, its pretty damn hard to see when its not on, maybe yours burned out or there is a bad connection

azazel95 · Post by **azazel95** » January 12th, 2006, 3:52 pm

Nope there's nothing there.

Tunes67 · Post by **Tunes67** » January 12th, 2006, 5:11 pm

All MX-3's have 13.2 Gallon tanks.. (US Gallons not Imperial Gallons). On my car.. the gas light comes steady after 10-10.5 gallons have been consumed. At an offhand guesstimate.. I think about 1 gallon of fuel may be in the fuel system (not the tank) under pressure at any given time. So that should leave you with 2-3 gallons of fuel. This is misleading though.. because that gallon of pressurized fuel must remain pressurized or the engine will stumble or even die. By my estimate.. from the point where the light is on steady.. you should have about a gallon of gas as a reserve.. maybe 2 gallons depending on variances in float placement or sensor location. So roughly.. 30-40 miles.. give or take 10 miles depending on speed and weather conditions. Cheers

Tunes67

.:]{UBIS:. · Post by **.:]{UBIS:.** » January 14th, 2006, 3:38 pm

European MX3s 1.6 16v DOHC 79KW dont have the gas ligt sigh too... =( maybe they were run out of money.. We are lucky to have all 4 rims

Chemical · Post by **Chemical** » January 16th, 2006, 11:46 pm

I have aEuro 96 V6. I cant see where the gas light is either and suspect it doesnt have one and although I've run it till the needle was on empty I don't want to run out of petrol.

The other thing I don't have is a light in the glovebox which is a pain when you're bumbling around in the dark for something in there- I know theres the interior light but it doesnt cast enough to really help. I know this car is older but sh1t my old 1971 mercedes had both of these lol

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