il_duce

So yesterday morning I remote started my truck to warm it up before leaving for work. About 10 minutes later, I go out to get in and am putting some things in my truck. It dies as I'm doing so. I thought maybe I reached the 15 minute limit that I set for the remote start and it had shut off. So I get in and crank it. It starts, but bogs down, sputters, and dies. I try to crank it again a few second later, and it won't even start. It sounded like I was out of gas. I looked at the gauge, and I had a little less than 1/4 tank of gas and 119 miles to E. The same as it was when I parked it the night before. I had some gas in the garage that I keep for the lawn mower, so I put in about 2 gallons of gas and crank it again. It starts fine. I drive around the corner to the gas station and fill up. I was only able to put in 29 gallons...on a 36 gallon tank

So now I'm really confused. I thought there was a possibility that the gauge was just really that far off. But only being able to put in 29 gallons of gas tells me something else entirely. The only thing I can guess is that maybe my tune (Diablo) is throwing things off? I am wondering if in their tunes they dictate gas tank size? I'm sure I'm reaching, but I don't know what else it could be. So I guess I can't ever let it get down to under a 1/4 tank without fear of running out of gas. I'm just glad it happened in my driveway and not while I was on the highway.

smokdsterlingFX4

Do u park at a incline at all? Or is it flat?

venatic

So you really put in 31 gallons of gas. 29 at the station + 2 at home. Still short of 36.

il_duce

I do park on an incline. But even when I was driving home the day before, I know I was just under a 1/4 tank and had considered stopping for gas. My gauge has been off a little before from parking in my driveway, but not by that much.

il_duce

Good point. I forgot to add the 2 gallons that I added at home. But yeah, that still should have left me with around 5 gallons in the tank.

Marc D

I've seen several post on this forum about incorrect readings on the fuel senders in the newer trucks. Sounds like a trip to the dealership. I would get it repaired/documented while it's still under warranty.

1979vette

This is not the. first post about this happening. I'm beginning to wonder if some trucks could possibly have the smaller tank (29 gal.) instead of the 36 gal. tank even though the paperwork says it has the larger tank. Hmmmm

OutdoorPodcast

The real question that needs to be answered here is why you are warming up your vehicle when you live in TX?

il_duce

Haha. Because it was 42 degrees and that was cold here

Well on another forum I saw people saying that because the 36 gallon tank is so long, that maybe being on an incline did in fact cause it to seem like it was out of gas. I guess it's been a problem before.

RLXXI

Rule of thumb to follow in this case is to NOT allow your truck to run under 1/4 tank, not just for the fact the fuel pump pick up tube is center of the tank but for the fact the fuel is the pumps coolant. Running low on a regular basis WILL lower the life expectancy of the pump.

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