Posted by John in La on February 01, 2014 at 20:19:22 from (96.33.136.54):
Daughter calls this afternoon. She is broke down on a state highway right in a bad curve. No real shoulder but she has it mostly off the road. Time I get there the cops are there to try and slow traffic. Grandson is crying in the back seat cause he does not understand what is going on.
2008 Toyota Yaris with over 200,000 miles and has never had a problem in the past. I ask her what happened and she said it was like it just ran out of gas and would not start.
It cranks but will not start. Fuel gauge is on 1/4 full. I check the ignition and fuel pump fuse but they are OK. So I just have it towed home.
Spent several hours checking things. Got fire to the plugs but no gas. Just about to pull the fuel pump out the tank. Just for more info ask my son and daughter about it. Son says it had 1/4 tank when he left. 15 miles to town and 15 back. Daughter went 15 miles to town and about 12 back before it broke down. But wait son says it had 1/4 tank when he left and still showing 1/4 tank. Something wrong with this.
Put 5 gallons of gas in tank and it fires right up. Took it to corner and fill it up it takes another 6.5 gallons. So that's 11.5 gallons in a 11.1 gallon tank. Yea it was empty.
Moral of the story........ Never trust a gas gauge. Even though it read 1/4 tank it was slap out of gas. Guess I am headed to Toyota to get a dealer only sending unit part so this does not happen again.
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