It is possible to do 160 miles without hitting reserve, depending on your riding style- it is not exceptionally high. On one trip I went to about 185 miles before hitting reserve.

The only way you could be using the reserve supply, with the tap on the normal position, would be if the extension tube on the tap had fallen out ( they are just a push fit). That is not likely to happen, but it is possible in theory.

 

I get approx. 170 miles before reserve if I'm not ripping all the time. I try to fuel before going to reserve but have experienced limping to a gas station with 195 registering on the tripmeter. Periodically I run for 20-30 miles with the petcock on reserve to pull from the ? lower pipe. I fear needing the reserve and finding it blocked with crud. I don't know if this would actually happen, hoping someone out there could clue me in seeing that most of the time I'm clueless.
Flybiker

 

160 miles until reserve wouldn't surprise me much but when I filled up, I put in 3.8 gallons, which I believe is way past reserve. My 1995 TBird had a 1 gallon reserve in a 4 gallon tank and I'm assuming that my Legend has the same setup. I know the tanks are the same and I can't see why they would change the taps to lower the reserve amount.

I guess I will have to pull the petcock out and check the pickup tubes. The normal pickup tube could have come loose, as Slinky mentioned. This sounds like the most logical solution to me.

Thanks
Frank

 

I don't know what your problem is but I agree it is stuck on reserve as 3.8 gallons is way past reserve.