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| Author: | pk1 [ Tue Sep 27, 2005 5:06 pm ] |
| Post subject: | how low has your fuel got? (wondering about reserve!) |
just wondering after seeing this pic of shaggys: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v243/ ... _IMG_3.jpg can the fuel actually get that low? also the manual says 12gallons and mine takes 10gallons from empty! does this mean it has one hell of a reserve or not? i never know how far to push my look with fuel! |
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| Author: | fil_auto [ Tue Sep 27, 2005 5:37 pm ] |
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I think the petrol gauge ( before tampered with, ie: when putting new dials in and not quite getting the needle back in the spot on place! What I do know is that I've never managed to put the 'manual quoted' amount in.... even from empty! 45.... maybe 47 litres if I recall correctly. Anyways, I measured it one day ( with the use of a full jerry can in the boot of the car! ) and when the light first came on solid, I drove until I ran out - I clocked up 60 miles! Was quite surprised and obviously I was driving reservedly. I think its worth monitoring / measuring once in yer ownership, so you've got an idea ( obviously depends on your driving style, mods etc... ) although I don't recommend running your car to empty every tank of fuel!! I know that since I did that, I haven't done it again .... and since then various mods, additions etc have been made and I'm sure I wouldn't get that many now, when the light comes on! Hope that's enlightened you a little .... or at least inspired you to find out?! ttfn Phil |
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| Author: | stuartspel [ Tue Sep 27, 2005 6:16 pm ] |
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[quote="fil_auto"]....before tampered with, ie: when putting new dials in and not quite getting the needle back in the spot on place! [/quote] Something else I noticed after doing my dials and needles. I always thought that the fuel warning light recieved its info from the tank sensor but [b]NO[/b], Its the needle dropping that makes the light come on. So if you were to replace the needle a bit too far down. The light would come on with stacks of juice left........ |
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| Author: | mmpob [ Tue Sep 27, 2005 7:38 pm ] |
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after my orange light came on, I drove around a little, and after filling to capacity, worked out there would have been 15l of petrol left |
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| Author: | fil_auto [ Wed Sep 28, 2005 10:19 am ] |
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[quote="stuartspel"][quote="fil_auto"]....before tampered with, ie: when putting new dials in and not quite getting the needle back in the spot on place! [/quote] Something else I noticed after doing my dials and needles. I always thought that the fuel warning light recieved its info from the tank sensor but [b]NO[/b], Its the needle dropping that makes the light come on. So if you were to replace the needle a bit too far down. The light would come on with stacks of juice left........[/quote] Interesting Stu - thanks for that! Phil #;o) |
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| Author: | elesar [ Thu Sep 29, 2005 1:00 pm ] |
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I've noticed that as soon as the light comes on, I can fill it up and it takes 43 litres, so yes, a lot of fuel in the reserve ... |
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| Author: | fil_auto [ Thu Sep 29, 2005 1:07 pm ] |
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I'm not so sure guys. The manual says 50 or 55 litre tank. in my opinion - it defo won't take that many litres! Whatdya think?! |
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| Author: | zippoDK [ Thu Sep 29, 2005 6:21 pm ] |
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[quote="fil_auto"]I'm not so sure guys. The manual says 50 or 55 litre tank. in my opinion - it defo won't take that many litres! Whatdya think?![/quote] hmm had BA¨s for 5 years now.... 3 cars to be exact hmm and the fuel/reserve has been a mystery to me hmm 5 years. my friend with an 1.8 from 97 his girlfriend drove it for 3 days on full light(reserve) and as we all no we cant get 55 litres in there once i got 46 and that’s the highest number iv seen so there must be 9 litres left but funny it the light is on when there is so much fuel left!!. |
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| Author: | GOGOBROOM [ Thu Sep 29, 2005 8:55 pm ] |
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I can usually only fit about 40 litres when the light starts to show and maximum I have put in is 44 litres |
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| Author: | deep2005 [ Thu Sep 29, 2005 9:04 pm ] |
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ive done about 22 miles today with the light on.... |
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| Author: | fastmike [ Fri Sep 30, 2005 8:47 am ] |
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I can get about 50-60 miles when the light comes on. After that to fill up I put £40 in which is about 45 litres and even then the tank isn't full. Even so the fuel guage reads slightly over full! Don't forget the fuel tank also has a fuel filler pipe which could hold 2-3 litres. So if the tank holds a max 50 litres for example, then there is another 3 litres up to the fuel cap!! |
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| Author: | jh1806 [ Fri Sep 30, 2005 11:20 am ] |
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I've actually had my car not accelerate properly due to having hardly and fuel...it took 53 litres that day...of super! ouch! |
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| Author: | Smotter [ Fri Sep 30, 2005 1:01 pm ] |
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My light started coming on on Tuesday - after about 330 km's. I decided to keep going 'till she reached 400, to facilitate calculation of consumption. I filled up today with the odo on 401 km's and she took 48.6 litres - meaning there must have been about 6-7 litres left ... |
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| Author: | QBall [ Tue Oct 04, 2005 11:39 am ] |
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My light came on at about 378km this weekend and on Sunday and I drove til I reached 438km. The car took 45.60l of fuel. The most I ever filled up my 180se's tank was about 50.22 litres, if memory serves me right. My Astina's manual indicates that my car has a 54litre tank. |
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| Author: | BasterdB [ Tue Oct 04, 2005 12:45 pm ] |
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For the SA Drivers A Friendly reminder don’t drive your car under a quarter tank as you know here in SA the Fuel is not of the best standard and you will duff up your injectors from all the dirt and S@#T that’s at the bottom of your tank |
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| Author: | predi [ Wed Oct 05, 2005 6:23 pm ] |
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Officially there's 9 litres of fuel left when the light lights on. |
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