Jump to content
SAU Community

Recommended Posts

not the smartest idea to run it dead dry , becuase if it picks up a slight bit of rubbish in the tank, it can possibly block one of your injectors, as they are like pin holes , so something very small can block them.

i wouldnt push my 33 that low

Ive got up to 450 Kms and the light hasnt come on yet. I presume I can easily get around 520-550 out of my tank If I run it dry.

Dont try and run your car dry too often as the shit in your petrol tank gets sucked into the engine and will ruin it over time. It even says so in the manual.

I was always told it is bad to run right to the bottom of the tank, cos you pick up all the stuff that normally sits in the bottom....I had issues with my commodore a while back with fuel pumps shittng themselves because of excess buildup of sludge and crap in the bottom of the tank....

Thats a bit of an old wives tale - the pickups for the tank are actually in the bottom

zappn is right. The fuel in your tank acts to cool the pump, had and lpg car come in the other day on a tilt tray ran out of fuel so drove on lpg, this system only cut injectors and not pump..... you should have seen this thing looked like a garbage bin that had been set on fire!!!!!

I didn't even know that R33's had fuel lights, is this on every car e.g 32 33 34 GTS-T GTR???

As for the junk at the bottom of the tank, every time you park your car for a prolonged period time all the junk would settle, at the bottom, so when you start it all the junk is on the bottom where the fuel pick up is so theoretically it should be sucked up every time the car is started...!! so I tend to disagree with that train of thought, if it can get through the pump, one way valve, and filter its gotta be pretty small so it should go through the injector, these days injectors rarely require cleaning anyways not for at least 100-150K even then they still flow and spray pretty well specially if you run quality fuel. thats my 2c worth.

Ok go sick dude, run empty for the next few months and tell us how you go.

I run my cars as empty as I need to and never have any issues. I even ran the R31 totally dry, the engine cut out 50m out from the servo, swung it in and slammed on the brakes right outside the bowser and put 61L into a 60L tank. It took an extra turn to start because there was no fuel in the lines but after that it was A-OK.

The only conceivable problem could be if your tank has water in it, but that's not terribly likely.

I didn't even know that R33's had fuel lights, is this on every car e.g 32 33 34 GTS-T GTR???

I'm curious about this too.

I almost invariably only ever get 45L into the tank, and people keep telling me its a 65L tank (R33 GTS-T), i just don't like the idea of "running out" of fuel - no real wives tale behind it, just walking sucks really.

Can someone confirm there is actually a fuel light on an R33 GTS-T series 1 dash, and that it should work with a PFC and bosch fuel pump - odd question i know.

I get usually 340ish km out of the 45L (roughly 13.3L/100km) out of driving about canberra for the week - although i have got it set on 10psi and well i'm impatient.

On long, boring, speed-camera infested, anal-police patrolled humourless highways, i see about 500km for the same fill - roughly 9L/100km - still same boost setting, and includes minor moments of overtaking.

Ok go sick dude, run empty for the next few months and tell us how you go.

Think about this.........if you had a bunch of crap at the bottom of your tank, what happens every time you fuel up??

It gets mixed up with the new fuel being pumped into the tank and the fuel filter would do its job

EDIT - My 33 has a fuel light and as it comes on i fill up

Edited by fat33

i was just about to do a search on this topic. can anyone actually confirm that a series 2 skyline has a fuel light? i always fill up when it gets to empty and ive never seen a warning light come on but then again whenever i fill up i only get 45 to 50 litres in. too scared to take it any further though unless i know theres a warning light but i keep hearing conflicting answers.

thanks! :woot:

i was just about to do a search on this topic. can anyone actually confirm that a series 2 skyline has a fuel light? i always fill up when it gets to empty and ive never seen a warning light come on but then again whenever i fill up i only get 45 to 50 litres in. too scared to take it any further though unless i know theres a warning light but i keep hearing conflicting answers.

thanks! :woot:

my series 2 has a fuel light :nuke:

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now


  • Similar Content

  • Latest Posts

    • This car has run before on this z32 ecu can get the part number for you, I have tried with no AFM it didn’t change anything, I compression tested today 140-150 across all 6 cylinders, also set fuel pressure to 43psi. The only weird thing was cylinder 1 plug was black and fouled other 5 cylinders were just wet with fuel. Spun cas by hand and confirmed injectors are clicking 
    • Since you came here to ask for help, have you thought about answering our questions, that might help us lead you to why it was skipping, or have you given up on getting advice?
    • A 1.5 way is a 2 way. It is just a 2 way with a less aggressive ramp on overrun.
    • The ABS and/or TCS being missing/broken will not cause the engine to misbehave. It just casues CEL to come on and annoy you. The CEL is useless if it is always on, so you have to do the things you have to do to get rid of it, so it can be useful. Being a Stag ECU, then yes, it will not expect TCS to be present. But it will expect ABS to be present and working. You will need to either make the ABS CU talk to the ECU (don't ask me what that will take on an NA R34), and make sure the hardware is working....or, you just need to blank it out in Nistune. Do not persist with the stock ECU. You will just have problems. Gte it Nistuned. Start from there. DO YOU HAVE A BOOST SENSOR? The ECU's boost sensor that it. It is connected to the loom at the rear of the coil cover. Usually rides on the firewall on an R34, but is usually bolted down to a bracket along with all the other crap at the back of the coil cover when a Neo is dropped into another car. If you do not have it, the ECU will shit the bed. So, do you have one?
    • So sadly the fuel pump etc was not it. The pump and filter is new and it is still cutting around 4000 rpm. A read something about ABS/TCS (engine is from stagea and ECU too so no TCS) and i dont know for 100% that my car has ABS. It has ABS "cube" in engine bay but i dont think it works(or at least from my braking experience). Can be something like that?  I will be driving the car next week to Nistune tuner to properly see what is wrong...  
×
×
  • Create New...