Ran dry on diesel today

[joecool911]

I knew I was low, but the hill out of my house ran me out of diesel. Scangauge said I had 4.8 miles to empty, which is set for 32 gallons. Bottom line is ran dry. I'd of been fine on more less level ground. But the 10% grade out of my house put all the fuel out of the pickup area. 

 

I can't remember which lines are suggested to crack, but I did what was easy...1,3&4. Fired up after bleeding those. Yahoo!!! First time I've run the truck dry.

Edited May 19, 2016 by joecool911

[Mopar1973Man]

1, 3, 4 should be fine... Optimally is 1, 2, 3 because its every other in firing order. 1, 5, 3, 6, 2, 4

[joecool911]

That's even easier. For some reason I thought it might include 6, which would be a real pain to do.

[dripley]

1 3 and 4 are the ones I crack. Just the easiest to get too. Got close to doing the same a week ago. I knew I was low coming home but decided to fuel up in the am on the way to work. I put in 35 gallons. Too close for comfort.

[Dieselfuture]

I usually get paranoid around 1/4 tank but have put 32 gallons in before. 

[Mopar1973Man]

2 hours ago, Dieselfuture said:

I usually get paranoid around 1/4 tank but have put 32 gallons in before. 

 

Because of the distances to fuel I typically limit to half tank. That way if an emergency occurs I can still handle it and still get fuel afterwards.

[jamman]

I'm with Mike. My Dad used to HARP on me about NEVER parking a vehicle empty. His rule was that you NEVER park a vehicle with less fuel than it would take to get to the hospital without stopping. With our trucks requiring the fuel be a cooling vehicle to the pumps and lubrication....I leave as much in as is reasonable. To ME, running under 1/8 full in these trucks isn't something I'd recommend. YMMV.

[joecool911]

You guys are a lot of help. Where were you when I was along the road dead? ?At least I have now experienced this now myself and it's not that big a deal. As far as cooling goes, any worse than shutting off the vehicle with the key? I wasn't even warmed up. 

[Mopar1973Man]

Don't get me wrong in my daily travels I ran thee truck down to 1/8 of tank many of times but still traveling to my destination. As for around home I'm always getting fuel at 1/2 tank and keeping it filled up.