did 87 trucks come with a light that comes on when the fuel level gets low?

 

Mine did it would come on when there was about 80km range left in tank or a little less than 10L. My 94 [3rd gen] is supposed to have one but no one I've spoken with has ever had one that worked... even from new.
My mech. told me that it is a seperate sensor on the sender that triggers it and it [the sensor] can go bad.

 

My SR5 clusters do not have the working light, but the Non-SR5 one in my 86 had the light. All my MR2's, which have Tachs, have the light, so thats weird.

 

I've got an 86 it seems to come on at about 10L/80km/50mi like aviator said.

I'm not certain because I've got an SR5 guage cluster but the light is in the lower R/H corner. shouldn't be too different from your truck. If yours is working.

 

im pretty sure its sposed to have one.. my 89 has a spot for the light but it never lights up...i figure the bulbs burnt out but im to lazy to fill it up and i dont believe in letting a tank get that low before filling it up anyways (dont like water getting into the injectors at all)

 

They had it in the DLX cluster also but as I recall the light was in the opposite corner.... on the 3gens [89-95] the light is supposed to be a little red diode thingy in the upper left corner of the fuel gauge according to the owner's manual... does anybody's light actually work? should start a thread about that....

 

i can see where the light is supposed to be, next to the fuel gauge. it's never come on, and i've run on fumes on occasion.

 

the light still works in my 93. it is right next to the fuel guage

 

what does it loog like when it lights up

ex: the oil light looks like an oil can and the motor light looks like and engine so i take it the gas one must look like a gas can. or does it say get gas soon?

 

yes there is one. my 88 sr5 has one that comes on. it is right above parking brake light. it is a kinda burnt orange/amber color. I cant recall right now if it says fuel or not but it is very obvious

 

I seem to recall it said LOW FUEL, but I might be confused...

 

i just refilled my 4runner the other day. if i remember when it gets low ill try to snap a pic of it.

 

mine doesnt have one, but then its not sr5 or ex cab...

 

so my truck is an 87 22r 5 speed single cab short box 4x4

is it an sr5?

 

does your dash have a tachometer and speedometer? if so then you have an sr5

 

Blue87: Most were not, and did not have the tach. But if it does, chances are the fuel light isn't present, or doesn't work.

 

thats true since he said he has a 22R, and doesnt have EFI that would lead me to believe that it is a DLX

 

Ive got a 94 reg cab, and it looks like it has a light. I've had about 3/4 of a gallon of gas before, and it never lit up. I don't think mine works.

 

My old '87 had one in the right hand corner of the gauge cluster if I remember correctly.Thats the only way I knew when to fuel up because the fuel gauge went out at about 110,000.

 

ok so i looked really hard with a flash light and i do have the light !!
now i need to see if it works.
is the only way of doing this runnig until you have no gas or the light comes on ?

but i do not have the indash tack so does this mean its not an sr5