Gas Light

[Timaculent]

Question

Whenever my fuel is low no matter how low my gas gets the light doesnt come on. what could be the problem Also i know that the light is not blown.

[ghettogeddy]

sender unit ( i believe its what its called) is out


edit hahahaha

sending unit lol i was close lol

[MessyHonda]

u dont need a light to tell you the gas is low

[ghettogeddy]

u dont need a light to tell you the gas is low

ya there is a lot of people out there that dont look at the needle

[TWOLOUDNPROUD]

My gas light works when it wants to and thats in both my Accord's

[A18A]

i use my perfect math skillz and work out how much petrol i have left by how many km's i've travelled. way more accurate than the needle

[MessyHonda]

ya there is a lot of people out there that dont look at the needle

and thats why they are the ppl that get pulled over for speeding cuz they dont have a Slow Down idiot light

[Timaculent]

Wow you guys are so positive.

Where is the sending unit, how much does it cost and is it hard to replace?

[itzdave]

i honestly dont think that my 'low gas' light has ever worked. When it starts to get low, i just put more gas in...

[2oodoor]

right after I started driving the DX I ran it down low waiting for the light to come on, like it does in my LX. Well much to my surprize it never did, and the result could have been a tragedy.. it ran out on the interstate in the dark as I was going to work. It just had barely enough momentum to make it to a section where there was even a place to pull off to the side.. back another 15 ft. it would have been in the middle of the road, most likely hit by a truck. Lucky too was my brake light switch used to stick on when I first got it, I took this shot standing on the other side of a concrete barrier as I waited for somebody to bring me gas..
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[russiankid]

Sending unit is on the passenger side in the trunk. I believe the unit itself is $100+ new. Easy to replace, just expensive.

[Timaculent]

thanks i think i will leave it be cause spending 100 dollars right now when i am redoing the head and installing headers is just not going to happen.

[russiankid]

thanks i think i will leave it be cause spending 100 dollars right now when i am redoing the head and installing headers is just not going to happen.

I just checked Majestic and its actually $67 plus shipping. I remember it used to be expensive.

[forrest89sei]

i use my perfect math skillz and work out how much petrol i have left by how many km's i've travelled. way more accurate than the needle

X2

I keep a log in my truck it goes like this:


1986 Chevy:

Date: 9-27/Miles :265,119/Gals Used: XX.XX/Est MPG:

I do this A, since the sender on my truck is at the top of the rectangle tank so when i go up hill it's off, and B to track my mpg

But back on subject that sender is easy to replace

[Timaculent]

too much work

[Timaculent]

do you really do that.

[A18A]

less work than changing a fuel sender, and still having a inaccurate gauge

[Dr_Snooz]

Junkyard part.

[Timaculent]

Junkyard here I come.

But wait my fuel level is acurate and the level does go down.
My bulb is not blown but it still doesnt come on.

[LX-incredible]

What's the point? You're not saving anything by waiting to put fuel in. All you people are going to accomplish is premature pump failure due to overheating. That goes for those who only put $5 in as well.

[Civic Accord Honda]

on my accord my gas light was on 90% of the time for the 2 years that i owned it and it never caused the fuel pump to go out or overheat hell it even ran out of gas a few times

[LX-incredible]

Okay, I'm was just pulling that fact out of my ass. It's perfectly fine to run the pump all the time with low fuel, one of the reasons they put the pump in tank is not to assist in cooling, and it makes perfect sense to spend the money you save on fuel (cause you really do save) on GPCs and a 30 pack of natty ice.

[Dr_Snooz]

Not so sure about the overheating. I can't imagine Honda would put something that gets real hot in a tank full of combustible liquid. What you will likely end up doing is clogging up your fuel pump, filter and lines because the pump will be drawing detritus from the bottom of the tank instead of good fuel from the top.

[Civic Accord Honda]

Okay, I'm was just pulling that fact out of my ass. It's perfectly fine to run the pump all the time with low fuel, one of the reasons they put the pump in tank is not to assist in cooling, and it makes perfect sense to spend the money you save on fuel (cause you really do save) on GPCs and a 30 pack of natty ice.

im sure they run hotter but im just saying most the cars i and my parents have owned have been low on gas most of the time due to not affording any gas at all so pretty much drive them untill it runs out then push a shopping cart around untill you can afford another couple dollars of gas anyway none of the cars have ever had a bad fuel pump.
so far iv been keeping the legend around 3 qutars of a tank tho since the light dont work and the guage is kinda fucked up so i just try to put in a couple dollars every day to keep it from getting low since idk were low is lol

[russiankid]

Not so sure about the overheating. I can't imagine Honda would put something that gets real hot in a tank full of combustible liquid. What you will likely end up doing is clogging up your fuel pump, filter and lines because the pump will be drawing detritus from the bottom of the tank instead of good fuel from the top.

You would need some intense heat to catch gasoline on fire without a spark. All fuel pumps will get hot especially when they aren't getting cooled down.

And CAH, you spend $20 a week putting in $4 a day, or spend $20 at once and not risk the pump going. Difference=pump failure or not.