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YES I SEARCHED BUT FOUND VERY LITTLE! when i start the car my gas light turns on for a couple seconds, but im running on fumes and the light does not turn on? is this a common problem? is it easy for me to fix?

Another car I owned had a low fuel lamp - my 95 doesn't. Anyway, when I replaced the fuel pump, I had the sending unit out. The sender had a contact on it that was right near the bottom of the run that would turn on the low fuel lamp. I would find the wires running to the sender and ground out the low fuel circuit to see if the lamp comes on. You will need the color code of the wire first. If the lamp comes on, something is amiss with the sending unit in the tank. All the lamps coming on when you start the car is just a lamp test procedure. It wouldn't say if the circuit if made up. When I check out used cars, I look to see if all the lamps light. Some of the car lot clowns disconnect the ones that wouldn't go out...

I thought the same thing with mine. I for some reason just trusted that the light would come on when it was just about empty.... But, the light did come on. Not sure how much gas was left in the tank, but the light did come on. I'd say I got about 20 miles after I the point I thought I was on fumes.

A fail safe is never allow the tank to get past 1/8 full. But I do understand the frustration of something not working on your car.

~Eric

When the Ford joint changed my fuel pump they must have moved my sender some how because it reads different on the gauge. It started to read higher when it was full. It was warranty work - I wouldn't take my car to Ford even if it broke down in their driveway.