Though these numbers are respectable, the 2022 Jeep Grand Cherokee still falls a little behind 2022 GMC Acadia as the latter possess better mileage figures. The parts diagram shows fuel pumps with two fuel level sensors and floats. Without enough fuel pressure, your Grand Cherokee is likely to misfire. If it is misfiring, you’ll likely get P0300 along with the P0087 that brought you here. As long as you fix the lack of fuel pressure, the misfire should take care of itself. The engine will typically run rough or feel choppy when it is misfiring.
If you have a nice high compression and a high enough rail pressure for the injectors to fire, she will run. Yours doesnt so then you have no (or at least not enough…and diesels use next to none just to tick over) diesel being injected. If you smell raw fuel at all, that can indicate a leak.
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Low Fuel Warning means…..Low on Fuel!!
This is more of a probably not, but check the fuel tank to make sure that it hasn’t taken a hit that would damage it on the bottom. A good dent is enough to dislodge the sender and pump. This could lead to low fuel pressure at all times, or when the tank is low, but not out. A clogged fuel filter will have high pressure on its input side and low pressure on its output side. A bad fuel pump will have low pressure on both sides. If you’re on a long road trip, it’s easy to rely on the fuel light, and in Wyoming winters, that can be really, really bad.
By either measure I should have around 9 gallons still in the tank and the owners manual says the warning comes on when you have only 2.4 gallons left in the tank. A clogged fuel filter will give all the same symptoms of a bad fuel pump. The only difference is that the fuel pressure between it and the fuel pump will be normal, while the fuel pressure between the filter and fuel rail will be lower than normal operating specs. Sometimes when there is low fuel pressure, you may also get an oxygen sensor related trouble code as well. The real issue with diagnosing a bad fuel pump is that it resembles many other vehicular issues in terms of symptoms.
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With selectable AWD or 4WD, how often that is switched on and off also makes a difference. Lastly, gas octane, ethanol mix, weather also has an effect on how efficient the engine is. Clean, intaking dry air is optimal, but not a reality.
When the fuel level is higher, there is a LOT less chance of tank debris from getting sucked into the fuel pump. Are you sure you’re looking at the low fuel indicator and not the Fuel Page in the EVIC display? Since you mention the up and down arrows, thats what makes me think that. If you press the up and down arrows on the left of your steering wheel, you should see other pages like tire pressure and whatnot.
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Most level gauges are calibrated for fuel height not volume. A curve has to be developed to correlate the height to volume. In oddly shaped tank this curve requires polynomial curve fitting, meaning it changes as the level goes down and is not linear. Imagine an upside down pyramid as a worst case.
If the fuel pump has gone bad it will no longer be able to send enough fuel to the fuel rail to properly pressurize it and P0087 will be triggered. In order to test the fuel pump, you’ll need to test the fuel pressure. Before even doing that, you can listen for the hum of a fuel pump before you even turn the key.
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After that, if you very slowly put more in, it’s probably filling the expansion reservoir. So it’s off by a little but not as bad as some of you guys are seeing. It might be just me but I would prefer a range-display based on my driving-style BUT…. The GAUGE should ALWAYS reflect the PHYSICAL amount of fuel left in the tank – no matter what. If the dealer can’t get an answer from STAR techs, I’m just going to let it run out of gas at the pump one day just so I can figure out what the full topped-off capacity is.
Haha, never over estimate the Jeep designers. You’d think that a vehicle especially made to travel off-road into the wilderness would’ve made their ‘low fuel light’ give you enough get to a place where you’d get fuel? Dial back to the year 2000, with my brand new GC Ltd on a spectacular trip, with friends, into the Richtersveld, in the Northern Cape, South Africa. Never had the light on before but there it was, brightly shining in my eyes. “OK guys we need to plot a course to a fuel station”, huh?
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So we start by concentrating on fuel for the diesel-powered Jeep Grand Cherokee. It is necessary to know that unlike petrol engines you are lucky, all fuels are suitable with your engine and you take no risk in choosing one fuel over another. Nevertheless, there are differences between the two types of diesel you will find at the gas pump and we will now find out how they differ. A priming fuel pump sounds like a high-pitched whine for a few seconds and can be heard with a sharp engine right after the ignition key is turned, but before the starter is engaged. They are both going to cause the same hesitation at high speed and difficulty starting.
Yes, hills, highway vs. city driving make a difference…sometimes a massive difference. Friction robs plenty of power from a vehicle. Yes, that stuff is built in to the stated MPG numbers, but, the variable is driver behavior.
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We also found out not to trust the low fuel light when it comes on. Like others have said, normally you have roughly 50 miles left when the light comes on. For the first time, I was worried I was going to run out of gas because of how inaccurate the gauge, the low fuel light, and miles to empty is on the vehicle. We now know not to push our luck when it comes to making sure it’s filled up. I wish I knew what the actual total capacity of the tank was, but it does seem like you should have about 2 gallons left when the light comes on. I got over 25 gallons into a 23 gallon tank within a couple miles of the light turning on, so it would sure be nice if it could be calibrated differently.
Also, the symptoms are almost exactly the same as bad/clogged fuel filter. 3) With my first tank I got no less than 5 texts from the car telling me that I was low on gas and suggesting I get gas. With the 2nd tank my low fuel light came on and I am embarrassed to say that I actually ran out of gas because I drove 7 miles total between the light coming on and the car stalling. WIth my previous car I had a range of at least 50 miles from when the low fuel light would come on. Since running out of gas I have become keenly observant of the gas gauge and have been trying to figure out what is going on.
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2) The range estimator tells me fairly consistently that I should be getting something close to 500 miles out of each tank, but I’ve yet to break 400. I suppose its possible, but I have opened 2 different gas tanks more than 10 years old with close to or more than 200k miles on them, and they were spotless inside. That doesn’t mean every tank is spotless inside. Modern fuels are better designed to handle some water and keep it suspended, but being low on fuel in high humidity or cold weather condensation can accumulate some water in the bottom of the tank. Depending on how the pump is made, it is the pump itself, not the motor that runs the pump, that can suffer.
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The only way to truly tell is to place a fuel pressure gauge on both sides of the line and get a reading from both. If the fuel pump has completely failed, the engine won’t start at all. This trouble code detects that the fuel rail/system pressure is too low. Any trouble codes that exist could be a clue. The good news is that fuel pumps are inexpensive.
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