pettvette

When the "Low Fuel" warning light comes on, I drive 20-30 more miles then buy gas...

wayback

I never let it get below half if I am just running around the metroplex. Not because of worry about the pump, but because of the worry to my hart. Don't think it could stand the stress of all those $80-90 fill ups.

Half a tank at $40 is easier to swallow.

ittlfly

R&L's C6

I do the same thing..

DigitalWidgets

And just to throw one more silly comment into the mix:

I absolutely love my car on that last 1/8th of a tank!

Joni Lynn

I've had a stressful week and this thread has given me the first smile of the week and a good laugh. Thanks to all!!!

RunTheRace

A few weeks ago I ran my '95 C4 out of gas - bone dry. I ended up frying my pump. That was about a $700 mistake. It even fried a wire in my harness, which failed a couple of weeks after replacing the pump. So, I recommend keeping some amount of gas in your tank.

Joe1968ny

If you don't drive it often keep it full. Half full tanks allow moisture from condensation to form.

kidneyboy

You're lucky you don't drive a C3.

Z28TOZO6

Dear God, how did we survive when the fuel pumps were outside the gas tank!!!

mike85mph

You have to be kidding. Fill it up whenever you want. Unless you have a "garage queen" that never gets driven, you should never have a problem. Nothing about this car is that critical.

Paratrooper307

The C6 pump has a port on the back of it piped into the bottom of the module that continually fills the fuel bowl to prevent fuel starvation. The pump is surrounded by fuel until a few seconds before you run out of gas. Fill up when its convenient, you won't hurt anything.

flange

I would love to meet the ambient conditions whereby condensate forms on the inside of a plastic closed vessel. As far as fill up, I keep a two gallon can in my trunk, drive the car about forty miles, fill it back up with the two gallons, then stop at the gas station every eighty miles to top off the tank and fuel can, never letting it go lower than two gallons used.

Whisky

I ran my 08 C6 bone dry and guess what happened? Nothing other than it quit. Walked to gas station, bought gas can, walked back, filled up and it started right up. No fuel pump problems.
Seriously, #1 I think the fuel running THROUGH the pump would keep it cool. It doesn't have to be bathed it it. #2 Given the evaporative properties of gasoline when sloshing around in the tank and the resulting cooling effect would keep it from over heating.

Another thought, there are plenty of OUT of tank electric fuel pumps that aren't submerged. I'm sure this technology was available when our Vettes were designed.

Steve_R

I fill mine when it gets near empty. I also drive it in the rain, and I drive it in the winter unless there's snow and ice on the roads. I race it at speeds up near 170 mph. I let my wife and other people drive it.

I can't believe it's still running. According to some people here it should have melted, fried the fuel pump, and a hundred other bad things by now.

michaelinmech

I read and re-read my Owners Manual cover to cover - no where does it say when to get gas - so I'm thinking I may have the hybrid model

wayback

I had a evap line come loose on my pump. Smelled gas in cabin. Covered under powertrain warranty....$1250 to change the fuel pump.
On A6 cars they have to drop the tranny to get to the pump.

Just saying it is not a cheap/easy fix.

On the 85 it is a 20 min job to change the fuel pump. Mounts to the filler opening.

Gearhead Jim

If the tank contains some air, that air will contain some moisture.
If the temperature of that air drops below its dew point (and it certainly will if you store your car during the winter), the moisture will begin to condense out. Nothing mysterious about that, it was/is a common problem in light airplanes and some of them have rubber bladders similar to our plastic tanks.

But I certainly don't worry much about it in the C6. The tanks aren't going to rust, and we don't seem to develop problems from the small amount of water that can form.