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Is it ok to run a car low on gas?

Updated: 10/23/2022
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no! running a car low on gas will make all the sediment in the tank be sucked in to the fuel pump and into the fuel filter clogging the filter. replace the fuel filter at 20 000 mile intervals. run the car no lower then a 1/4 tank

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