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Author Lets talk.......Petrol reserve & warning lights
3CorsaMeal
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31st May 06 at 12:53   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Hi, i'm Jim

Do you let your petrol run till redlight before filling up or do you top up a half-full tank?

How many miles do you get from when red light comes on? ever runout? what engine?

i risk 30miles on the reverse in my 1.4 16v, never run out, could i do more?
Pablo
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31st May 06 at 12:54   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I get about 200-240 miles to my 1.25 Zetec and just fill it to the top at Tesco so one day I get a free lunch using my vouchers!
Joe
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31st May 06 at 12:55   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
HI Jim

I fill it up when its just above red, have seen the fuel light on about 3 times since i've had the car.
Jambo
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31st May 06 at 12:56   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i get abot 30miles out of mine on the red, trip computer tells me i have loads more but i dont trust the cunt.

Get about 300miles to a tank town driving
3CorsaMeal
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31st May 06 at 12:58   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by joe6886
HI Jim

I fill it up when its just above red, have seen the fuel light on about 3 times since i've had the car.


Hi Joe

thanks for the input
3CorsaMeal
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quote:
Originally posted by Jambo
i get abot 30miles out of mine on the red, trip computer tells me i have loads more but i dont trust the cunt.

Get about 300miles to a tank town driving


i want a trip computer
Edd
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31st May 06 at 12:59   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
always fill up before the red light comes on now


once done a 30mile journey in the corsa with the red light on and the fucker ran out about 150yards away from the petrol station was never the same after it either
Jules
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31st May 06 at 13:00   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Jim Jim which way to the pool?

Jim Jim?

Jim Jim?!

JIM JIM?!?
Jake
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31st May 06 at 13:00   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
The red light used to be on loads when I had my old car. Only ran out of petrol once.
Ry_B
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31st May 06 at 13:01   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I don't trust the gauge, it's so inaccurate. I've done 150 miles on a quarter of a tank then another 150 on the rest
Marc
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31st May 06 at 13:02   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I had to drive to Manchester to pick my brother up from the airport one night. I had to fill up twice and drive 20 miles with the fuel light on
a_j_mair
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31st May 06 at 13:11   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Hi Jim

i'm alistair

i fill mine up when red light comes on, takes £30 to fill and i get 200 niles to a tank
gianluigi
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31st May 06 at 13:15   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Jim, nice to meet you, I'm Gian Luigi.

In answer to your question, i fill my tank all the way up, and refill it when i hit 400 miles or there abouts, sometimes more depending on the position of the needle
3CorsaMeal
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31st May 06 at 13:18   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Hi Alistair (you didn't even use a capital for your own name)

Hi Gian Luigi

thanks for the input.

i usually only press that needle thingy, when the red light comes on, then i do no more than 30miles.

i tried to meaure how many miles from a whole tank, but i always forget not to press the needle
Edd
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31st May 06 at 13:20   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
stick a post it on the dash
a_j_mair
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31st May 06 at 13:25   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by 3CorsaMeal
Hi Alistair (you didn't even use a capital for your own name)


3CorsaMeal
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31st May 06 at 13:26   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by a_j_mair
quote:
Originally posted by 3CorsaMeal
Hi Alistair (you didn't even use a capital for your own name)




Should treat yourself
ed
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31st May 06 at 14:02   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I fill mine up after I have driven 300 miles. The gauge lies.
abdus
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31st May 06 at 14:03   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by 3CorsaMeal
quote:
Originally posted by joe6886
HI Jim

I fill it up when its just above red, have seen the fuel light on about 3 times since i've had the car.


Hi Joe

thanks for the input


Hi both,

same as joe
mwg
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Registered: 19th Feb 04
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31st May 06 at 14:08   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Jimius

I fill up either when the red light comes on or if I'm near a petrol station and its sat just above the red.

Only run it right through the red once and wont be doing it again as it ran out of petrol after 15 miles 1.2 16v BTW
timrud_
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31st May 06 at 14:31   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
The light on mine is random. It flickers for a bit, then stays on constant after a bit. Done about 30 miles with it on constant. Best from a 40 litre tank is 370 miles. Thats in the Clio BTW.

On the corsa I can set the petrol light to come on when I want (even at 40 litres lol), so a bit pointless talking about that....
SXi_Tim
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31st May 06 at 14:35   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I leave my fuel light to come on everytime before i go to the petrol station as i can't be arsed does about 30/40 miles on red before cut-out though so its not that bad

[Edited on 31-05-2006 by SXi_Tim]

 
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