Lost power on freeway and now won’t start

I've squeezed just over 21g once, that was close enough to out for me.

 

When my gas light comes on, I use the 30 mile rule. I had no idea I had 3 gallon reserve. I grew up riding honda atvs and I should have known reserve is still a thing.

 

I'm aware of that but it never crosses my mind while driving. I'll probably end up paying for that later.

 

What? brakes wont work with engine not running?
I'm new to TW, but I'm pretty sure that's just not true.


and so to test this, I just now went to test this.

2011 model. driving about 35mph i turned the key off. hit the brake, skid to a stop.
Did that 3 times.
Then again 35 mph, turn key off, slowly pump brakes. pumps 4-6 times before getting harder to push. harder to push. still easily stopped the truck.
I repeated this 4 times.

WITH THE ENGINE OFF, THE BRAKES STILL WORK!

 

Lol, I said power steering and brakes, (meaning power steering and power brakes) Obviously they will still work, just un assisted by the brake booster.

 

fair enough. could also be read "power steering will be non functional" "brakes will be non functional".

oh, 49 CFR 571.105 section 5.1.3 would cover this. (basically brakes always work)

 

Funny I have to sleep on the couch when I have gas

 

OP, you ever figure out the cause?

 

OP, you ever figure out the cause?

 

@kid morro did you ever find out what was causing the rattle? My truck just started to rattle today and it’s coming from the same spot

 

Saw this awhile back. Not sure how accurate it is.

 

For the Tacomas it's pretty accurate.

 

OP.....????

 

The OP was only active for 2 days. Pretty sure that's the limit of his attention span.

 

Ouch lol

 

using trip B for oil is a great idea ....i was using trip A till half and trip B to empty