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This doesn't make sense to me. When approaching an empty tank yesterday my 2019 Prado said I had about 35 kms left before running out. I stopped to refuel and fit a total of 126 litres in. I'm supposed to have 150 litre capacity, which means I still had 24 litres in there. Fair enough, I know they add a bit of slack so that you refuel well before you actually run out, but 20 litres? I could easily drive another 150 kms on that!
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Yep, this is what I see too. It’s be nice to have a more accurate reading of how much fuel is left, but like you have discovered, I just figure I have about 20L left when the light comes on. -
I reckon it's about 30 litres left when the light comes on. It tells me I've got about 65-70 kms range left when it first lights up, and I drove until it was down to 35 before refuelling.
That's about half a tank in a regular medium size sedan..Comment
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haha some things never change, my 90 is similar!Comment
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Probably because it's not a good idea to get down to last few litres in the tank(s). There's a lot of dirt, sediment, rust & other crap that accumulates over time & could cause problems with the fuel pump & injectors. Could be very expensive if anything gets into the fuel rail.[COLOR=#b22222]Prado 150 2.8 GX Auto - ARB Bull Bar, Towbar, Dual Batteries, UHF, 2" lift with King Springs & Bilsteins[/COLOR]Comment
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Yep About right. About 25-30 litres left when the light come on seems to be what most experience. There is 150 litres in there.Comment
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Rather than avoiding possible contaminants or running out the more logical reason would be fuel temp.
As the fuel heats up through the high pressure pump enough to require a fuel cooler, low fuel volume will suffer higher fuel temps so it would be logical to try and minimise operation with extremely low fuel quantity in the tank by having the low fuel light coming on with a reasonable quality of fuel remaining.
Lee'18 VX, Billies with Dobinson springs, Summit bar with Narva Enhanced Optics to help my old eyes
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