[Sciotojeeper]

I got up this morning to head to work and noticed my fuel gauge was reading empty with a low fuel message. Knowing that I was pretty low, I headed to gas station and put $30 in the tank.....no change, fuel gauge still shows empty with a low fuel message. I left the Jeep outside last night with not much gas in the tank. Does this sound like it could be fuel line freeze-up? I pulled it in the garage to warm up and periodically start her up to see if the fuel tank reads anything (starts fine), but after an hour, still no change. Any suggestions?

[LJS8510]

if your fuel line was frozen you would not be driving.

[thewalrus]

I doubt it, Gasoline freezes at around -50* centigrade, or around -60* to -70* Fahrenheit. So unless you live in Northern Canada, Greenland, the Arctic Circle, or Siberia, I doubt this is the problem. However, if there was some water in the gas, of course that will freeze at 32*F.

[maxst2]

toss in a bottle of heet, if you do have water in the fuel that should take care of it somewhat (at that point if you can get it going run it around and burn through the fuel and get something fresh)

[sdowney717]

When does gasoline freeze?
Gasoline has no specific freezing point -- it freezes at any temperature between -180 and -240 degrees Fahrenheit. When gasoline freezes, it never solidifies totally, but resembles gum or wax.

Trivia - When does gasoline freeze? - ArcaMax Publishing

[bbanger]

Looks more like an electrical problem with the fuel sending unit in the tank. I work for Audi in Colorado and when the cold hits this is not very uncommon. Electrical components can do some funky things when cold weather is involved. Probably not the answer you wanted to hear but its likely. I had my sending unit replaced the first winter I owned my WK for the same problem.