Fuel Pump

[Cody Forbes]

George Selby wrote:
> About a 1/4 of a tank.  In the early days of FI (the 80's) many
> Japanese cars were equiped with gauges that indicated both the
> minimum suggested level and true empty.  In my digi-dash 86 Nissan
> 300ZX, in fact, there are two separate gauges - a main gauge that you
> are supposed to follow, and then another gauge that counts down the
> last 5 gallons (it has a 19.5 gallon tank) when the primary gauge
> reads empty.
>

I would bet this is part of the reason the Audi gauge has the extra large 
"red" zone, and from personal experiance the gauge will drop well below the 
'E' mark a good bit before it actually runs out of fuel.

-Cody Forbes
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