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Playing a stupid game.... fuel light?

Posted: Thu May 12, 2016 8:27 am
by Phillips321
Hi guys,

New to my SJ410 and the fuel gauge seems to work pretty well. However i've always topped it up before the fuel light comes on.

Questions:
Is there a fuel light?
If i run it till it runs out is it as simple as putting fuel back in and then starting again? I'm currently carrying a 20 litre jerry for when this happens.

Thanks guys

Re: Playing a stupid game.... fuel light?

Posted: Thu May 12, 2016 10:55 am
by SherwoodNash
No fuel light!

Just 2 weekends ago I replaced the whole fuel system front to back, or should that be back to front :D
The sender on our SJ only has one connector wire which goes straight to the gauge, so no low fuel warning. I believe the later SJ413 has this luxury item as standard!

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Re: Playing a stupid game.... fuel light?

Posted: Thu May 12, 2016 10:58 am
by zook123
Even my 2002 Jimny doesn't have a low fuel light!

Simple = Better.

Re: Playing a stupid game.... fuel light?

Posted: Thu May 12, 2016 11:03 am
by Phillips321
Off the the petrol station i go then! Lets just say i did run out, is it easy to just refuel and get going again or are there any potential problems?

Thanks

Re: Playing a stupid game.... fuel light?

Posted: Thu May 12, 2016 12:13 pm
by SherwoodNash
As I had to drain the old tank, I recovered nearly 10 litres of fuel in the tank when the gauge said dead on empty. So probably 5-8 usable before spluttering :D

Re: Playing a stupid game.... fuel light?

Posted: Thu May 12, 2016 11:35 pm
by Jordi
Might need bleeding.

Re: Playing a stupid game.... fuel light?

Posted: Fri May 13, 2016 1:36 pm
by dan_2k_uk
Chances are if you run out you can get it going again with a bit of turning over. Best bet would be to stop if it starts spluttering and top up.

I think even with Samurais/413 Spanish built have a different sender (fuel light) and Jap build still have the single wire sender (no fuel light)

To be fair the light isn't great anyway. Just flickers on and off all the time under about ΒΌ tank as the fuel sloshes about.