370Z Fuel Gauge?!?!

Asheth · 03-22-2009, 05:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Anatoray

My only gripe with the fuel guage is the lack of a "red zone" which most cars typically have as their "reserve" fuel. Thus far, I've been assuming that E for this car is in fact empty, and not a "one gallon to get your *** to a gas station" warning.

E is not actually empty. It says that in the owners manual.

GoleX · 03-22-2009, 06:40 PM

I went down to E and still had around 2 gallons left in the tank.

k.alexander · 03-22-2009, 11:28 PM

Drove 18 miles, after my last LED light went out. About half that, was on a highway, no traffic; the other half, was in city, with little traffic. Then I pulled into a gas station and filled up, I put 18.9xx gallons in, before the gas pump clicked the first time. Since the tank is supposed to be 19 gallons, draw your own conclusions.

scorpion90 · 04-20-2009, 02:09 PM

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Originally Posted by arcticreaver

hehe am i the only one that doesn't mind the fuel gauge?

I like the gauge a lot. It gives a hell of a lot of info in a small space and does it well.

bullitt5897 · 04-20-2009, 02:43 PM

typically each time I hit "E" no LEDs left I have about 1.5-2gallons left in the tanks and thats all city driving. I am averaging anywhere from 220 miles to 340 miles to the "E" marker.

wstar · 04-20-2009, 03:11 PM

I really like having the miles-to-empty range indicator like we have on this car. Even though it's not perfectly accurate, it's really handy for planning fuel stops on the highway.

spearfish25 · 04-20-2009, 09:23 PM

The longer I have the car, the more I like the LED gas gauge. Here's why:

There are 16 or 17 LEDs in the gauge (tried counting while driving today...not a great time to do it

). If you break it down and include a gallon of gas after they are all 'out', each LED then represents about a gallon of gas. With the LED system, you essentially have a very close estimate of exactly how many gallons you have left in your tank. Pretty cool actually.

AK370Z · 04-20-2009, 09:26 PM

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Originally Posted by spearfish25

The longer I have the car, the more I like the LED gas gauge. Here's why:

There are 16 or 17 LEDs in the gauge (tried counting while driving today...not a great time to do it

). If you break it down and include a gallon of gas after they are all 'out', each LED then represents about a gallon of gas. With the LED system, you essentially have a very close estimate of exactly how many gallons you have left in your tank. Pretty cool actually.

True but I don't know if it's just my Z (or anyone elses), last three dots go out very quick. I can barely drive 30 miles on the last 3 dots....

bullitt5897 · 04-20-2009, 09:43 PM

Dang AK maybe you should slow down hehe

antennahead · 04-20-2009, 10:36 PM

It's grown on me, and now I like it as well. My '06 350 would have the warning and miles to go come on with about 3.5 gallons left in the tank. The first time the 370 warning popped up, I re-fueled and it took 16.5 gallons.... same warning. Nissan must think they need to warn you early, because the "miles left to empty" is less than the actual fuel left in the tank. One time on a long trip in my girlfriends Altima, we screwed up and didn't watch the fuel (road weary). We were on a long stretch of deserted interstate. The "miles left to empty" ran down to that "--" on the screen. We drove another 30 miles before we hit a gas station. I think Nissan plots empty to leave you about 1 1/2 gallons in the tank as an emergency measure.

John

BMW Killa · 04-20-2009, 10:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by spearfish25

The longer I have the car, the more I like the LED gas gauge. Here's why:

There are 16 or 17 LEDs in the gauge (tried counting while driving today...not a great time to do it

). If you break it down and include a gallon of gas after they are all 'out', each LED then represents about a gallon of gas. With the LED system, you essentially have a very close estimate of exactly how many gallons you have left in your tank. Pretty cool actually.

Interesting.

k.alexander · 04-23-2009, 10:32 AM

^Yes, there are 16 LED dots, and the tank has 19 gallons. If you figure there's about a gallon and change left after all the LEDs are off, that means each LED is just a tad over a gallon. Also, I think it takes longer for the very first LED (when the tank is full) to turn off, and then the rest seem to take an equal amount of time.

k.alexander · 04-23-2009, 10:33 AM

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Originally Posted by AK370Z

True but I don't know if it's just my Z (or anyone elses), last three dots go out very quick. I can barely drive 30 miles on the last 3 dots....

Yeah, I noticed the same thing.

molamann · 04-23-2009, 10:40 AM

I don't know if this only applies to older cars but I thought it was a general rule of thumbs to not let your car get near empty because it'll put excessive stress on the fuel pump? Also, not to mention thicker concentration of crap when there's less gas in the tank to dilute it.

k.alexander · 04-23-2009, 11:01 AM

^ Dont know if it applies to newer cars, but I drove my previous car, all 130k+ miles of it, for almost ten years, and I never filled up until I was well into the empty category. Only ran out of gas twice, once, because I blocked the fuel gauge with a gps, and totally stopped paying attn to it. Long story short, never had a problem with the fuel pump.

03-22-2009, 11:28 PM	#33 (permalink)
k.alexander Base Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Philadelphia, PA Age: 45 Posts: 240 Drives: 09 Nissan 370Z PG M6 Rep Power: 714	Drove 18 miles, after my last LED light went out. About half that, was on a highway, no traffic; the other half, was in city, with little traffic. Then I pulled into a gas station and filled up, I put 18.9xx gallons in, before the gas pump clicked the first time. Since the tank is supposed to be 19 gallons, draw your own conclusions. __________________ -Are you coming to bed? -I can't. This is important. -What? -Someone is WRONG on the internet.

04-20-2009, 03:11 PM	#36 (permalink)
wstar A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 4,024 Drives: too slow Rep Power: 3594	I really like having the miles-to-empty range indicator like we have on this car. Even though it's not perfectly accurate, it's really handy for planning fuel stops on the highway. __________________ 7AT Track Car! Journal thread / Car setup details

04-23-2009, 10:32 AM	#42 (permalink)
k.alexander Base Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Philadelphia, PA Age: 45 Posts: 240 Drives: 09 Nissan 370Z PG M6 Rep Power: 714	^Yes, there are 16 LED dots, and the tank has 19 gallons. If you figure there's about a gallon and change left after all the LEDs are off, that means each LED is just a tad over a gallon. Also, I think it takes longer for the very first LED (when the tank is full) to turn off, and then the rest seem to take an equal amount of time. __________________ -Are you coming to bed? -I can't. This is important. -What? -Someone is WRONG on the internet.

04-23-2009, 11:01 AM	#45 (permalink)
k.alexander Base Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Philadelphia, PA Age: 45 Posts: 240 Drives: 09 Nissan 370Z PG M6 Rep Power: 714	^ Dont know if it applies to newer cars, but I drove my previous car, all 130k+ miles of it, for almost ten years, and I never filled up until I was well into the empty category. Only ran out of gas twice, once, because I blocked the fuel gauge with a gps, and totally stopped paying attn to it. Long story short, never had a problem with the fuel pump. __________________ -Are you coming to bed? -I can't. This is important. -What? -Someone is WRONG on the internet.

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