Low Fuel Warning Light

[vic_sky33]

ive owned my r33 for over how many years now, and to this date i thought it never had a low fuel warning light. now yeterday as i was reversing into my driveway it came on for the first time ever ever , and lasted for about 20 secs untill i reversed up. it then slowly dissapeared. any clue as to maybe where the problem might be ?

how does your fuel senors work is it from the tank that might not be working well and cant send the message most of the time to light up or dash problems ?

[dezz]

ive owned my r33 for over how many years now, and to this date i thought it never had a low fuel warning light. now yeterday as i was reversing into my driveway it came on for the first time ever ever , and lasted for about 20 secs untill i reversed up. it then slowly dissapeared. any clue as to maybe where the problem might be ? 

how does your fuel senors work is it from the tank that might not be working well and cant send the message most of the time to light up or dash problems ?

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

not sure how it works in a skyline, but in my tx5, if the tank is low on fuel, and u turn a corner etc, that can make the light come on if the fuel goes to 1 side and the sensor thinks there's none left...

then as it evens out again, the light slowly fades

[vic_sky33]

ive owned the car for a few years and ive on some careless occassion being many run the fuel very very low and its never lite up to give me warning before untill it did now for its first time in history.

i want it to work, like normal, so what happens if it was a one off thing and it doesn t choose to work again?

what do i need to look at to get it working constantly?

[R33S2]

One way to find out for sure is run out of fuel ( carry a can with you)

[dezz]

ive owned the car for a few years and ive on some careless occassion being many run the fuel very very low and its never lite up to give me warning before untill it did now for its first time in history.

i want it to work, like normal, so what happens if it was a one off thing and it doesn t choose to work again?

what do i need to look at to get it working constantly?

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

as far as i'm aware, the light basically works with the red line on the fuel gauge...

when i turn the corners etc, and the fuel moves around, the gauge changes, and if the needle gets into the red the light starts to come on...its not straight on straight off, it fades in and out depending how far the needle falls into the red

[Wink]

One way to find out for sure is run out of fuel ( carry a can with you)

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

It's actually bad to fully starve the engine of fuel (i.e run until empty)

[jezzerrr]

yes. but if you're not hard under boost or anything, it's not really going to cause damage. a risk you may run tho is sucking any shit in the bottom of the tank into the fuel lines, and clogging the fuel filter. rare, but possible. I'm guessing you weren't running the tank as empty as you thought you were...

[Phil Megroin]

I've actually read that in the fuel tank there is a little sensor knob thingy.. and when it drops past a certain point the fuel light comes on.

Bear in mind, if u are on any sort of incline the fuel in the tank is obivously in a different state as well because of our friend mr gravity.

So what you'll notice is that if you are facing downhill, it may seem like u have MORE fuel in the tank (negligible) and if u are facing uphill, the car will think u have LESS fuel in the tank because the all the fuel has shifted to the one end of the fuel tank, and the sensor has passed it's 'low fuel' point meaning ur light comes on.

Hope this helps dude.

[gexiaowen]

how many litre of fuel in r33 gtsts??

[Coupe-This]

yeah dont worry about it, u wil still have like a good 50-60kms of driving to go, on a cold nite if it comes on and i cant be stuffed, i just leave it to the morning, no harm done, ive let it go really low, i think i pumped in about 58 litres, cant damn remember, but the light was still fading on and off. i found sitting at lites on idle, it will slowly come on, and when i take off steadily it will fade away. Weird.