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Originally Posted by Nick M3

IMO, unless someone has actually run the fucker dry and verified, this seems like a silly discussion.

Where manufacturers set the low fuel limits is highly variable.

My truck, for example, kicks the low fuel light on and shows empty on the gauge with 8-9 gallons remaining in the tank. (Out of 26.) This is just how GM likes it set.

So yeah, run it dry and see. I don't see how putting fuel in when you haven't even gotten the low fuel light that may or may not activate at a certain point on means anything at all. Traditionally, there is an expansion tank that overfilling can also put fuel in, plus there is the filler neck, so forcing extra fuel in isn't really meaningful either.

Edit: And by dry. I mean verified that the tank was empty. Unless Toyota has has put real effort in, I can't imagine that the fuel pickup will actually drain the tank dry.

I don't disagree that running it "out of gas" would answer a lot of questions.