Fuel Light...Vrs

[chrischap2003]

Hey guys, a quick, yet random one...

When the fuel light comes on, on my Fabia Vrs 2005, i literally get like 10-15 miles worth of usage from it from when the light first occurs. Which has left me to conk out twice now en route to the fueling station, looking like a mug haha I was wondering if you guys had experienced anything similar and is it naturally how the Fabia functions, or do I have a stinker haha

lots of love, cheers ;-)

[gadgetman]

Continually running low/out on fuel wont do your engine any good long term.

Why dont you fill before it gets that low?

[kiddy1]

:S I normally get about 40-50miles on the warning light....

[Huxley vRS]

I get 45 miles on red light, you driving like a good un?

[Benjiman]

My light pings on with about 70 miles left on the computer.. And it's about right too.

Dodgy sender perhaps?

[XLBaconDoubleCheese]

The light comes on when it gets to about 60 miles left. So if you driving nice and slowly, you could have only a little bit of fuel in the tank. If you then booted it from when the light come on, it`d do much less than the miles left shown on the trip. It`d work the other way round too. This is my understanding of how it works.

How many miles does it say you have on the trip when the light comes on? I`v only ran out once, because I done as I said above, the trip said I had 15 miles left when It stopped lol.

Matt

[chrischap2003]

Its not that i wait for it to get that low, all my previous cars have allowed for 40-50 miles with the light, hence allowing for short daft runs to the shops etc haha... but it is literally giving me 10-15 miles once the light comes on and i am driving like a pussy... true story.

while we are on it, my MPG isnt all that clever either, car states 41MPG but doesnt seem to be doing that even... :-\

[chrischap2003]

as for the trip, when the light comes on it says i have like 50 Miles left... not a true story in reality haha

[XLBaconDoubleCheese]

I would guess the light comes on when you have been on a run, then done short low mpg runs, resulting in running out.

What sort of trips are you doing to achieve 41mpg?

Matt

[chrischap2003]

The car never leaves the town, is used for maybe 5 miles a day if that really... this maybe is the reason for poor MPG, but running out of fuel so quick on the light is a bit strange, in my eyes anyway lol

[XLBaconDoubleCheese]

The mpg sounds pretty good then. The fuel light thing is strange though. Unless your literally doing lots of 1 mile runs it should still give you a decent idea of how many miles you have left.

Matt

[Huxley vRS]

No fuel leaks on the drive?

[wilsy7]

Continually running low/out on fuel wont do your engine any good long term.

Why dont you fill before it gets that low?

Why would it do it harm? I would run a quarter tank pretty much all the time?

[Fabia_19]

My red light comes on with 70 miles to go on the trip computer, last time I even drove down to 8 miles remaining before topping up... Something isn't right here

[stevobeavo]

My light comes on around 65 miles. Drive 90 miles or so a few times before I chicken out and refuel.

Something does sound a bit suspect though.

[stevobeavo]

My light comes on around 65 miles. Drive 90 miles or so a few times before I chicken out and refuel.

Something does sound a bit suspect though.

[chrischap2003]

No fuel leaks on the drive nope.... its quizing me, is it the sender? whats typical miles to a tank? ive just topped it up to see what i get before the light comes on...

[Thirdtimeluck]

Continually running low/out on fuel wont do your engine any good long term.

Is there an echo in here?

[XLBaconDoubleCheese]

My red light comes on with 70 miles to go on the trip computer, last time I even drove down to 8 miles remaining before topping up... Something isn't right here

Iv never seen a Fabia that doesn't go down in 5 mile increments

Matt

[Big Mikey]

I've had mine to 0 miles before now, haha! My fuel light comes on with about 65-70 miles to go and I generally fill it up soon afterwards. The low fuel light comes on when you have about 7 litres of fuel left in the tank so if you're only getting 10-15 miles from 7 litres of fuel then I'd say something is wrong. As for your trip computer showing you 41MPG - I'd say that's pretty poor even for runs around town. We all know the MPG computer isn't that accurate, most people on here get about 45-46MPG (that's about 10 miles from a litre of fuel). Anything drastically less than that and something is wrong. Check and change filters as a starting point. When was the car serviced last?

[R1chard]

My light comes on and computer says round about 50 miles left which is about right as I had to drive on red for a few miles a while back, not through choice though !

[chrischap2003]

so looks as if no one else has genuinely had a problem similar haha apparently services just before i purchased, i shall be re-servicing in the coming weeks anyway when I fit new belt and water pump.

So do you think maybe its a sender problem or possible fuel stack?

[wilsy7]

Continually running low/out on fuel wont do your engine any good long term.

WHY????

[armstrong21490]

WHY????

I think its cause if you have any crap in your tank people think it is going to get sucked into your engine but I thought thats what a fuel filters was for.

[DRJ]

Both mine had the warning come on at 70 miles and, yes, the range goes down in 5mph increments...

Edited 22 September, 2011 by DRJ