Wait until the fuel light comes on. Then you've got 8L or so, I believe...
If you're filling up 46L, your fuel light wouldn't have come on. Don't go by the gauge, go by the light. Even once the light comes on, you can travel significant distances.
Low Fuel Light - Liberty GEN 3
Started by WALKER, Feb 11 2013 09:46 PM
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Posted 12 November 2013 - 12:42 PM
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Posted 12 November 2013 - 12:59 PM
Yup - fuel tank on a BH is 64L.
The light is supposed to come on when there is 9L of fuel left - which on a NA BH, should give you about 100km of driving before you run the thing dry.
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Posted 12 November 2013 - 01:52 PM
Oh ok, thanks for the tips.
At first I questioned whether my fuel light even worked due to the gauge being so far out.
I have had my fuel light turn on and off before. But I presume that would have just been fuel sloshing or something
Anyway, torqued to spec is just the manuals way of saying 'we couldn't get it any tighter, see if you can'.
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Posted 12 November 2013 - 02:12 PM
Oh ok, thanks for the tips.
At first I questioned whether my fuel light even worked due to the gauge being so far out.
I have had my fuel light turn on and off before. But I presume that would have just been fuel sloshing or something
On my BH Outback, the needle would be over the empty mark before the light came on, so I think you can run your car a little drier in the future if you want 
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Posted 12 November 2013 - 02:20 PM
On my BH Outback, the needle would be over the empty mark before the light came on, so I think you can run your car a little drier in the future if you want
I wouldn't want to... dirty fuel and all... so will fill up before light is on... maybe even before needle is before E line...
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Posted 12 November 2013 - 02:24 PM
Filling up after the light comes on and running until it's dry are different things though.
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Posted 12 November 2013 - 05:17 PM
On my BH Outback, the needle would be over the empty mark before the light came on, so I think you can run your car a little drier in the future if you want
Just filled up about 5 minutes ago after driving round with the fuel light on all day and only had room for 43lt. Fair to say Subaru weren't amazing with their fuel gauges from that year
Anyway, torqued to spec is just the manuals way of saying 'we couldn't get it any tighter, see if you can'.
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Posted 12 November 2013 - 08:27 PM
Subaru fuel gauges are all pretty shonky. My gen 2. From the 60l tank(pretty sure) I get a minimum of 600km per tank. Fuel light comes on with about 10l to go. Have had 850km+ out of a tank before. All be it all hwy kays an sitting between 90/100kmh.
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Posted 12 November 2013 - 09:14 PM
I've only ever seen the Fuel light once in my life. Thought it was the CEL light and freaked out. LOL
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Posted 11 December 2013 - 04:31 PM
No, nothing wrong with the gauge at all. Because of the split tank (the tank sits in front of the rear axle, and has the tail shaft tunnel in the centre of it), the low fuel light comes on a bit earlier than a car with a tank behind the rear axle. Turbo Gen 3's are bad for fuel surge at low fuel levels because of the split tank (if thrashing, they arent too bad for normal driving, as less cornering force gives the tanks more time to share their fuel loads). The higher pickup point of low fuel light helps this to a degree.
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Posted 11 December 2013 - 04:51 PM
ThanksNo, nothing wrong with the gauge at all. Because of the split tank (the tank sits in front of the rear axle, and has the tail shaft tunnel in the centre of it), the low fuel light comes on a bit earlier than a car with a tank behind the rear axle. Turbo Gen 3's are bad for fuel surge at low fuel levels because of the split tank (if thrashing, they arent too bad for normal driving, as less cornering force gives the tanks more time to share their fuel loads). The higher pickup point of low fuel light helps this to a degree.
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