Anyone who has a 5th generation or a 98 monte ls, how many miles can you get on red with gas? Just wondering.

 

Guess nobody knows the miles..

 

i'm just going to assume the fuel guage is the same on hte 5th and 6th generations (i do'nt mean the display gauge... i mean the actual gauge that is in teh fuel tank.)

Chevrolet fuel gauges, whether on a Monte, a Suburabn, a pick up, or anything... they stay full forever then they free fall to empty. my parents suburban can do about 70 miles on empty... never tested the motne but when my low fuel light comes on it still has 4 gallons.

 

i've pushed 80km on the red but never ran it completely out of gas.

 

hm 8km in miles is what? tha same as miles?

 

80 km = about 50 mi

 

It isn't safe to run on red because the sensor is like a "bob" and when it gets super low like that, it can be turned or moved so that from then on the reading is off. Thus, I've never run the car below a quarter tank.

 

sometimes it happens nuttin really u can do bout it when u anit got no money

 

I run mine to 1/4 tank before filling up but I always seem to have about 5-6 gallons still in the tank (16.5 gallon tank) The gas guages in these montes are good for nothing more than decoration, especially if the needle falls below 1/4 tank. Do you run it until the low fuel light comes on? We had an ls in the shop that had the low fuel light on and i drove it about 5 miles through townwithout running out of gas and who knows how long the lady drove it for with the light on.

 

I don't think my 98 ls has a gas light, does it?