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Originally Posted by bro2snakeaterblk08
How much dirt can get into the tank? seriously...
I've been running my tank to no bars (zero) since day 1. I drive about 10-20 miles are the last bar disappears and still fill up with less then 12 gallons, so that means there's 1.3 gallons left.
But seriously, how much dirt can there be in a new Si?
I remember when i drained the gas tank on my 92 Prelude, there was SOME metal bits that came out, but that can was 17 years old and has 6 owners.
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You're right. The fuel pump is picking up fuel from the same spot in the tank no matter whether your tank is full or empty so any dirt is just as likely to be sucked up either way unless it somehow happens to be dirt that floats on top of the fuel rather than sinking to the bottom or mixing in. The only theory I haven't evaluated is whether the fuel pump needs to be submerged or splashed by enough fuel to keep it cool. At any rate, I run my down to a gallon or so a lot of the time and did so in my previous Accord and Civic that both made it past 100,000 miles before I got rid of them and never had an issue (that Accord is still driving around with a good deal more miles and still having no problems with the fuel system). Sounds like urban legends to me.