Low Fuel Warning Light

[bingoking]

I have noticed recently that the low fuel warning light is not coming on when the fuel gauge needle is showing almost empty. I swapped the bulb with another one on the panel that I knew was working and it is OK.

I don't want to risk letting the tanks go empty to check if the light comes on, so are there any suggestions as to how I can check if that circuit is working or not?

Brian

[Zhastaph]

My fuel guage used to show empty long before my fuel light would come on, I used to use the light to tell me when she needed filling and the guage as a rough idea how much was in there.

[Advantage]

This may sound daft, but you're just not getting the tanks empty enough.

You're going to have to play chicken with the fuel gauge and not be the first one to blink!

[bingoking]

The light used to come on when the neeedle was a shade above empty.

I had thought about playing chicken and carrying spare fuel in case I ran out.....but can't really bring myself to let the tanks go that low.

[oneshot]

I vaguely remember talking to RobC in the dim and distant past about this and he said that he carried a jerry can in the front boot. After the gauge went to empty he managed another 70 miles before the light came on.