I had a situation the other day where I had about 4" of fuel left in both my tanks (each tank holds 150 gals) and things where going good. I knew I was low and going to fuel up as soon as I made the delivery. Not thinking the delivery location was on a steep incline so upon pulling in to the delivery area up the incline to set-up the back in of my trailer into the dock, of course the inevitable happens, all the fuel runs to the back of the tanks and she will go no more. Ouch! Embarrassing! Don't fuel systems have something in the tanks to work with shifting fuel? I guess in my case I'm not going to ever get less than a 1/4 Tank of fuel.
When is low on fuel really low on fuel??
Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by BluesDude98, Nov 8, 2014.
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Not all of the fuel is accessible by the fuel system. The bottom of the tank acts as a large particle fuel filter meaning that there are several inches of fuel that will never be used by the fuel system. Large pieces of contaminate are in the bottom couple of inches of fuel so the system never attempts to use 100% of the fuel in the tanks.
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Always fuel up when its available rookie.
Especially in winter.
Didn't they teach you in driving school anything under a quarter tank is basically bad fuel?
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My personal policy is to refuel when the gauge shows between 1/4 to 1/2.
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To answer your question ...[h=2]When is low on fuel really low on fuel??[/h]"About 4 inches" is too low, but I think you now know the answer so I'm perplexed why the question?
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I have twin 120s and try to plan my fuel stops, so I have run it low,but I take terrain into consideration.
Most of the time, a side slope could get you, and if you have shut offs for each tank, you can get by it. Fore and aft isn't so easy.
I had a fuel leak on a n-14 and limped it into a stop after the engine shut down in a headwind, made it around the corner off 20 and onto 150 at Independence, IA, and the wind caught it and blew the rig to the fuel island, where I braked and parked and fueled up. It took 217 gallons(same size tanks on that one). Should have bought a lotto ticket.
I've gotten more than that into this one, which has a warning light come on at where it would take 190 to fill.
To the OP, you need to figure a little better and throw in some fuel somewhere quick and go and make that delivery. -
In winter start thinking about it at 1/2 tank, summer you can let it go lower but fuel by 1/4.
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Fortunately, I have never run out of fuel. With a 2007 & 2015 Frieghtliner, both having (2) 120 gal tanks, the most I have ever put in was about 160 gallons. That was less than 1/4 but more that 1/8. The low fuel light wasn't on yet. I usually try not to run with much less than 1/4 tank or fuel.
I know what your asking & I didnt specifically answer your question but, hopefully the general info I gave will help. -
I fuel before 1/4 tank always!
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