how miles roughly have you got left....
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I've managed to get 31 miles out of mine but wouldn't fancy pushing it any further without a can of petrol in the boot
My handbook says that when the light goes on there is 2 gallons left. It comes on roughly when there is an 1/8th of a tank left. But i've never driven more than 20 miles after the light has come on because;
a: I have a diesel so if i run out i can't just refill it, i need to call someone out to pump the fuel through.
b: i dont trust there is 100 miles left, the needle seems to go down too quickly.
c: unless you regularly run your car very low, gunk and debris from old fuel and fuel imperfections can accumulate which can block filters quicker (dunno if this is a myth, as surely the fuel pickup has to be at the bottom of the tank anyway?
I know this doesn't help too much, but i assume the quantity a 1.6 has when the light goes on is the same, but being petrol you can't go quite as far. Unless you live in the arse end of nowhere, you normally have enough to get to the nearest petrol station, just can't be too picky about which one you stop at.
Bear in mind it is an offence to travel on the motorway if you know you are running out of fuel ( but dunno how often they prosecute on this)
a: I have a diesel so if i run out i can't just refill it, i need to call someone out to pump the fuel through.
b: i dont trust there is 100 miles left, the needle seems to go down too quickly.
c: unless you regularly run your car very low, gunk and debris from old fuel and fuel imperfections can accumulate which can block filters quicker (dunno if this is a myth, as surely the fuel pickup has to be at the bottom of the tank anyway?
I know this doesn't help too much, but i assume the quantity a 1.6 has when the light goes on is the same, but being petrol you can't go quite as far. Unless you live in the arse end of nowhere, you normally have enough to get to the nearest petrol station, just can't be too picky about which one you stop at.
Bear in mind it is an offence to travel on the motorway if you know you are running out of fuel ( but dunno how often they prosecute on this)
Yup, little round orange light comes on just under the fuel gauge at the same time as the annoying beep
erm.. well i have pushed 600 miles out of one tank before..
i have filled up at as soon as the light has come on and have put 45L in to it..
however i have also run it for 50 miles past the light coming on and put 56L in to it.. so i think that time i really should have filled up earlier!
i have filled up at as soon as the light has come on and have put 45L in to it..
however i have also run it for 50 miles past the light coming on and put 56L in to it.. so i think that time i really should have filled up earlier!
I've never had a little round light come on with my beep! Does that mean my little round light has never worked, or do some models not have the little round light?
I feel quite diddled!
I feel quite diddled!
Managed 40 miles after the light came on, but I had to drive like your grandmother to do so. Went to fuel up and put 56l in the tank.
h00vertime said:
1.9 TDI
I was running out last week & drove like a granny, managed to get 62 MPG from a 25 mile run !
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