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Old Jun 13, 2014 | 12:57 PM
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took the grandson to town today and my gas was on reserve. I got on it and it acted like a rev limiter was working. Was i running out of gas or is there a program in the computer that holds it back when its on reserve?? I ran great again when i put gas in it.
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Old Jun 13, 2014 | 01:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Lloyd Smale
took the grandson to town today and my gas was on reserve. I got on it and it acted like a rev limiter was working. Was i running out of gas or is there a program in the computer that holds it back when its on reserve?? I ran great again when i put gas in it.
If 92's don't have rev limiters, I'd say it was a bit of fuel starvation.
I never let mine get below 3 lines on the fuel gauge.
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Old Jun 13, 2014 | 01:10 PM
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It's well known, ( to most autocross guys anyway) that this can happen below 1/2 tank of fuel... Now you also know.......WW
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thanks guys.
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Old Jun 14, 2014 | 02:10 AM
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It's also well known that the fuel level is not accurate. You can be seeing an indication of fuel in the tank when there is none. Happened to me with a new fuel level sender.
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Old Jun 14, 2014 | 11:10 AM
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Translation:

"Reserve" = "You're next stop better be the gas station, or you better be wearing comfortable shoes"
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Old Jun 14, 2014 | 08:34 PM
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"Reserve" = "You're next stop better be the gas station, or you better be wearing comfortable shoes"
Oh how true this is. It was a rude awakening for me when I almost ran out of gas. My truck has a fantastic reserve, my Vette, not so much.
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Mine went 40 miles on reserve that day before i felt that miss excellerating
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I have the same problem.
Here's a thread that may help. I plan on installing this solution soon.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c4-t...losh-foam.html

Look at Post 11.

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