Costas

My friend has a few questions about his car, and I figure I'd ask for him on this board.

Here we go:
Does the 95 240SX have a gas light?
What's the size of the gas tank?
If it has a reserve, what's the size of that?

Thanks for the help =]

djradam

i think i read it has a 17gal tank. but i don't know the answer to the other Qs

2fast4y0u

17 gallon takn no gas light unless its an le i think. now, the dash has the gas light on it but there is no bulb in it. i have 98 and took the cluster apart and the is a light gas thing on the black plastic but there was no bulb and when i put one in and ran my tank down it never turned on

rivneo1

This is so strange,I got 2 S14 SE both of them came with a low gas "light " ,but also I can fill my car up to 15 gallons only not the posted above 17gallons ,Im wondering if my car got a problem on the tank now!

Waynehead05

nissan likes the 2 gallon reserve. it's on all first and second gen altimas and various other models.

this may explain the 2 gallon difference you have.

rivneo1

Ok I dont get something? (little lost here) ,when I fill my car it gets full tank at 15 gallons,so should I keep filling it up or how can I get 2 more gallons of gas on my car?

djradam

well, to fill past 15 gallons, you'll have to use more than 15 gallons... if you REALLY want to try, drive around until you run out of gas. push it to the gas statioin, and find out how big the tank is!

l2aine

Umm... when the pump stops, you stop. If you pumped 15 gallons in, then obviously there's about 2 gallons left in there.

Unless you drained it til the car died, pulled out all the fuel left in the fuel lines, fuel filter, etc. and THEN went to the gas station... but what in the world is the point of doing that? Heh.

RE: my car (95 SE) has a low gas light, and it works.

DaPCWiz

I usually fill 14.xx gallons. My car... 1995 Base model (Not SE or LE) has a gas light and I've seen it come on before. (a little past 15 gallons used)

rivneo1

Btw ,fill the whole gas tank yesterday and it only fill up till 14.10 gallons of gas ,I guess it not 15 gallons

DaPCWiz

you drove till your car stalled out? How do you know it was the whole tank. You have ~2 gallons left when the light comes on. And I belive you can't even use the last gallon because there isn't enough fuel to maintain pressure when you get that low (at least thats the way it is in G20's). You will always have something like 1 gallon at the bottom of the tank if you drive till it stalls.

l2aine

Like I said, "Unless you drained it til the car died, pulled out all the fuel left in the fuel lines, fuel filter, etc. and THEN went to the gas station... but what in the world is the point of doing that? Heh." and DaPCWiz is right - you can't really use the last gallon without depressurizing the whole system and flushing it out.

If you really want the satisfaction of pumping 15 gallons, pour 1 gallon into a gascan in your trunk =P

rivneo1

Naaaw , I dont feel like stalling my car at all lol,I js wondered what was the deal with the freaking 3 gallons of gas !

btw: every weekend I put a gas can on the trunk of my car ; contains:

1.octane booster
2.fuel injector cleaner
3.fuel system cleaner

djradam

i don't think i've ever filled past 14 something.

THOUGH, i'm sure most of you guys didn't deal with this. since that HUGE blackout a few years ago, i told myself i would fill up right after it passes the halfway mark (about 200 gallons).

why? heh, we were without power for about 5 or 6 days i think. and yeah... not much was open as far as gas stations, and the ones that were open, you had to wait several hours and hope they didn't run out.

Costas

Well, I showed him the thread, he said thanks for all the responses