When the MFD reads 0 kms to go I can usually get 55 litres in the tank.

Yesterday I ignored the 0 reading for 30 kms and still only got 56.5 litres in it, meaning still 3.5 litres was left in the tank, or another 65 kms still to go and a total of 95 kms still to go after the MFD first read 0.

Is there any way of setting this correctly?

The gauge can be calibrated with VCDS, however it is not a good policy to run a tank so low as you can then suck up any crap in the tank or even air when you go round a corner.

Personally when the light comes on I aim to fill up within the next 50 miles or so, but know I have enough fuel for another 100 miles or so if really needed (it never has been though).

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The gauge can be calibrated with VCDS, however it is not a good policy to run a tank so low as you can then suck up any crap in the tank or even air when you go round a corner.

Personally when the light comes on I aim to fill up within the next 50 miles or so, but know I have enough fuel for another 100 miles or so if really needed (it never has been though).

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I've previously been advised that the fuel tank sucks fuel from the base.

I ran my last Superb dry on one occasion and after refuelling from a jerrcan it self-primed and started without much difficulty.

Even in the Skoda documentation it says it's bad to drive with low fuel.Just think about it,the fuel pump will have to work harder(no pressure in the tank),maybe small garbage will be sucked into the engine and so on.

In my opinion,there are still 5 liters left when the MFD says the fuel tank is empty,so that there will always be at least 5 liters in it,not to cause too much harm to the fuel system.I know a few friends that had fuel pump problems because of driving the car with empty tank almost every time.I consider the tank being empty at 1/3,and every time I reach that level I go to refuel.

Fair comment about risking the fuel pump sucking up air or rubbish.

I do 100,000kms a year in areas of country Victoria where service stations (servos) are few and far between and can close at 4pm. So I drive a car that I can reasonably expect to be designed to use all the fuel without problems and if there are problems I expect the warranty and breakdown service to deal with them. If Skoda want only 55 litres of the tank to be used they should state its capacity as 55 litres rather than 60 and not include the extra 5 litres in their claims for range between refuels.

Anyway, mindful of the advice here and the suggestions in the handbook, what's the script with carrying cans of diesel? Any less or more safe than carrying petrol? Any special type of container needed?

It's all about protecting your injectors. They are very fragile and easily damaged.

It's all about protecting your injectors. They are very fragile and easily damaged.

So Skoda should make the injectors tougher. And/or publish the tank capacity as 55 litres so buyers can see the true range. Or maybe put a fuel particle filter in the filler pipe that gets replaced at every service (every 15,000kms here in Oz) or every other service?

Anyway, mindful of the advice here and the suggestions in the handbook, what's the script with carrying cans of diesel? Any less or more safe than carrying petrol? Any special type of container needed?

Diesel is less combustible than petrol, however, I'd suggest carrying diesel in either a metal MoD/Nato or Scepter plastic fuel container. I carry a 10 litre metal MoD/Nato can in my boot, but generally only fill it if I am making a long journey where I'm unfamiliar with fuel station locations.

When full, the can contents do swish around which can be mildy annoying, but less so than the prospect of running out of fuel in the middle of nowhere!

Personally, I wish Skoda would fit the Passat's 70 litre tank, instead of the existing 60 litre tank.

Anyway, mindful of the advice here and the suggestions in the handbook, what's the script with carrying cans of diesel? Any less or more safe than carrying petrol? Any special type of container needed?

Diesel is only flammable when compressed or you reach very high temperatures (you can drop a match into a gallon of diesel and the match will go out!) as the vapours do not burn.

Use a proper fuel can either plastic or metal (available in 5 - 20 ltrs) and secure it to the boot with either bungee or ratchet straps and you will be fine (do not brim the can to allow for expansion when warm).

Personally, I wish Skoda would fit the Passat's 70 litre tank, instead of the existing 60 litre tank.

Why would they not fit the 70 litre tank? Surely economies of scale would stop the smaller tank being cheaper?

But again,if they put a 55 liters tank,then would keep those 5 liters as a "protection",and the MFD would only use 50 to calculate the range.

Adding another fuel filter would be a little bit useless.It translates into harder work for the fuel pump,and more money for the service intervals.If it would be like that,why don't we drive slower so that we take less dust into the air system,so that we can change the air filter only once in 60.000 km?

Why put a 70 liters tank if you can drive even more than 1000 km with a full tank of 60?What can I say about my Nissan Pathfinder that has a 80 liter tank and the best range you can get is about 700 km(city driving=550 km if you're lucky).

And someone was asking which one was safer,petrol or diesel.In my opinion,in case of a rear-end collision they are very dangerous,and I think the diesel is not safe at all,because the can will be compressed resulting in an explosion.Just have a look at this 5 gallons of gas exploding in a car

.Why bother with cans if you can get over 100 km when the gas light comes on.Maybe in Sahara you need more than 100km to reach a gas station.

And someone was asking which one was safer,petrol or diesel.In my opinion,in case of a rear-end collision they are very dangerous,and I think the diesel is not safe at all,because the can will be compressed resulting in an explosion.Just have a look at this 5 gallons of gas exploding in a car

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A fuel tank will not compress anywhere near enough for diesel to explode, the tank will split and leak first. The only time a truck will catch fire is when a fuel line / injector fails this then sends a high pressure spray around the outside of the engine onto red hot items like the turbo and possibly exhaust manifold, these items will provide enough heat for it to ignite.

The video shows what happens with a petrol explosion, this is completely different to diesel.