Current Events > Do you try to keep your car's gas tank above Half?

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My mom used to always tell me to keep the car above half full because if you let it get empty, when you fill it up you'll stir up any dirt/small trash in the tank which could get in the fuel system and cause issues. <_<

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I don't typically go to the gas station until about the 1/4 mark, especially since I've been driving a plug-in hybrid for the last few years.

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I try to go before the light goes on usually, but I don't worry about it until I see it.

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Only when it comes to cold months do I concern myself with that. Otherwise, I fill up once a week.

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wackyteen posted...

My mom used to always tell me to keep the car above half full because if you let it get empty, when you fill it up you'll stir up any dirt/small trash in the tank which could get in the fuel system and cause issues. <_<

lmao, not at all how it works, but at least she had good intentions. Bless her lil heart

In the winter I always do, other times I let it get under a quarter. I almost ran out of gas a few years ago during a storm though because the power was out everywhere and no gas stations were open, so I never let it get low if the weather is gonna be bad

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Fossil posted...

lmao, not at all how it works, but at least she had good intentions. Bless her lil heart

I never put much stock in the reasoning.

She also didn't like to get gas if she saw the tanker at the station or had seen the tanker at the station recently because of the same, "it'll stir up trash"

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wackyteen posted...

I never put much stock in the reasoning.

She also didn't like to get gas if she saw the tanker at the station or had seen the tanker at the station recently because of the same, "it'll stir up trash"

lol... the fuel pump assembly is generally suspended inside the top of the fuel tank and never reaches the bottom. There will always be a small amount of unusable fuel in any gas tank, even helicopters for these exact reasons. The fuel pump has a small media filter on it, but there's also a finer micron rated fuel filter either under the car or the hood that removes any remaining contaminents that make it past the pump. The chances of contaminated fuel making it to your engine is pretty slim.