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bowdownmaster · 06-09-2010, 02:17 AM

hi ive been wondering how much miles we have left when the light comes on and approximately how much fuel is left in the gas tank when the light comes on as well.

AvalonMan96 · 06-11-2010, 06:06 PM

Mine is about 5 gallons. Almost ran dry (or so I thought) in Northern Virginia on my way to the Outer Banks in NC for Memorial Day. When I filled up I could only get 13.5 gallons in (tank is 18.5 gallons).

A little too excessive for a reserve, don't you think? In fact, every Toyota I've had has had horrid fuel gauge accuracy.

pmesfun · 06-11-2010, 06:51 PM

When my fuel guage is directly at E, there is about 2.5 gallons left.

bowdownmaster · 06-12-2010, 01:11 AM

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Originally Posted by AvalonMan96

Mine is about 5 gallons. Almost ran dry (or so I thought) in Northern Virginia on my way to the Outer Banks in NC for Memorial Day. When I filled up I could only get 13.5 gallons in (tank is 18.5 gallons).

A little too excessive for a reserve, don't you think? In fact, every Toyota I've had has had horrid fuel gauge accuracy.

wow five gallons? thats quite a lot left for the light to come on. thanks for the reply

bowdownmaster · 06-12-2010, 01:14 AM

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Originally Posted by pmesfun

When my fuel guage is directly at E, there is about 2.5 gallons left.

hmm 2.5gallons that seem to be more reasonable. my avalon is a 1998 should be more similar to yours. thanks for the reply

gideon1331 · 06-12-2010, 10:44 PM

My Mother's '95 comes on after 14 gallons. Tank is 18.5. gallons, so you have at least 4 gallons left (factoring in for dents reducing the capacity of the tank).

bowdownmaster · 06-15-2010, 02:36 AM

so the tank really is 18.5 huh?

Jigg007 · 06-25-2010, 11:16 PM

Yeah, the 95-99 avalon tank is 18.5 gallons, the 2000-05 is 16.5, and the 05+ is 17.5 if I recall correctly.

The light in my 1996 seems to come on when I have 3 to 3.5 gallons left in the tank. Id imagine others are the same, but when it first comes on it will blink/fade as fuel sloshes around until it gets low enough to light solid, which you can gestimate how much fuel you have left, and how much you can stretch that envelope!'

But ofcourse, if you keep on driving on fumes you remove the fluid around the what used to be submerged fuel pump, causing it to heat up, and be more prone to fail over time.