1st Gen 4Runners: Low Fuel Light
03-21-2012, 10:35 AM
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my 88 4runner (sr5 3vze) has one but the gauge is so far off i can drive 40 + miles once it says e then the light comes on them will shut off and i have about 2.5 gallons left.
03-21-2012, 10:55 AM
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My 87 4runner has one and it works...slowly comes on.
Side note.....I've noticed that some time years ago, my 4WD indicator lights on my SR5 gauge cluster stopped working. Lights are new, and 3WD DOES ENGAGE. This was on my earlier transmission, and now with the replacement one I put in last month - 4WD is on, but the light doesn't indicate that.
Any idea what it could be? Sensors are plugged in....what would I test for, either at the transmission or at the cluster, to see if the right signal is being sent or not?
Not a must have, just curious since we're on the topic
Side note.....I've noticed that some time years ago, my 4WD indicator lights on my SR5 gauge cluster stopped working. Lights are new, and 3WD DOES ENGAGE. This was on my earlier transmission, and now with the replacement one I put in last month - 4WD is on, but the light doesn't indicate that.
Any idea what it could be? Sensors are plugged in....what would I test for, either at the transmission or at the cluster, to see if the right signal is being sent or not?
Not a must have, just curious since we're on the topic
03-21-2012, 06:11 PM
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My 87 turbo p/u is not an sr5 and it does have the light......it's on all the time and the gauge is always on empty. I'm hoping it's as easy as replacing the sending unit and it's fixed.
03-26-2012, 11:31 PM
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my 86 sr5 4 runner had a low fuel light, it came on very slowly and went out and came on very slowly (fuel sloshing around moving the sender)
and my 87 Turbo 4 runner has a low fuel light, although. once it comes on, it stays on.. once the light comes on, i can go exactly 25.4 more miles till the truck dies. haha.
and my 87 Turbo 4 runner has a low fuel light, although. once it comes on, it stays on.. once the light comes on, i can go exactly 25.4 more miles till the truck dies. haha.
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I should mention that when it comes back on the second time, it stays on until I fill it back up. What's weird is it stays off for a good 5-10 miles of driving before coming back on the second time, which makes me think it's not just the gas sloshing around. It's done it since I bought it in 2004 and I've put over 100k miles on it since then. Based on the FSM testing procedure, there's really no way to tell if the switch was engineered to give first and second warnings or if it's just a worn spot.
I don't really care but it would be cool if someone actually knew the answer to this.
I don't really care but it would be cool if someone actually knew the answer to this.
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