Hi,

 

Had the yeti a while, got all my earlier issues sorted and kitted out.

 

With this paticular car i'm having trouble keeping to weekly fuel up's, so its often done day to day instead.

 

When the Range says 0MPH and the needles on the bottom red line, what mimimum range would one typically have, obviously the conditions would be a factor?

 

1.2 DSG TSI 2014 Yeti FL.

At least a gallon I reckon. I've read similar threads on here which seems to indicate as much. 

How many miles would that translate to?

The fuel pump needs to remain immersed doesn't it?

How big is the tank - your owners manual, brochure or SUKs website should say and how much fuel does it take to the first auto cut out of the fuel pump. Take one from the other and that should tell you how much you have left. You should know how many miles to the gallon you're getting , asking others what they get isn't really relevant as it depends on your driving style and the type of journeys you do.

How many miles would that translate to?

How long is a piece of string?

Sorry but it is impossible to say, since it will be dependent on what use is being made of the vehicle at the time. Around town could be less than a Sunday afternoon dawdle, for example.

Have you got a fuel can? If you have, on your next visit to fill up, fill it up too, then when the range gets to zero reset your trip and take a note of its reading when the car stops, add your can of fuel and head off to the nearest fuel station.

Not recommended even with today's clean conditions...

I would fill it up ASAP. The fuel filter seals need to remain moist to stop them leaking

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You have about two gallons from when the fuel light comes on. You should be able to estimate roughly from that based on your MPG up to that point. When the range then hits zero the mileage difference between your two gallon estimate and how many miles you have done since then should give you an idea of how much is left.

However, having tried to be a smart arse in a previous car when I then ran out completely on an incline to a roundabout, it's not worth going much past zero range. If I have been averaging (for example) 50 mpg up to when the light comes on then I know that I am safe for 50 miles (half the reserve at 50 mpg) and then I fill up.

Cheers

Rog

I have managed 30 ish miles on the motorway at various speeds and in traffic. Touch wood made it to the petrol station every time. This is an Octy 2 1.9tdi.

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Have managed 15 - 20 miles on an indicated 0 miles. I was in rural Lincs, not many filling stations, however, I was a little worried although the car never blinked!(2ltr tdi)

 

When the Range says 0MPH and the needles on the bottom red line, what mimimum range would one typically have, obviously the conditions would be a factor?

 

 

The range will never show "0MPH" - MPG is a speed measurement, not a distance.

0miles is a range.

 

Not tried it on the Yeti, but my experience with other brands where I have run them WAY past the "zero fuel remaining alert" Is that these things are always set to be pessimistic- I would expect there is at least 5 litres left, possibly as many as 8-10 in there.

The range will never show "0MPH" - MPG is a speed measurement, not a distance.

0miles is a range.

Bit harsh for what was likely a typo.

Cheers

Rog

Edited 28 September, 201411 yr by rriggs

I am a bit confused. Why does anyone need to let the tank run this low?

I am a bit confused. Why does anyone need to let the tank run this low?

Knowledge.

You might be in a bit of a pickle one day trying to get to a servo, particularly if SWMBO had last used it and you'd forgotten.

I can imagine it happening.

Servo? 

Sorry but what has that got to do with fuel consumption?

Servo? 

Sorry but what has that got to do with fuel consumption?

Range.

How much (long) left.

Will it run dry.

Range anxiety, particularly in a diesel.

Sorry, but a servo is normally found in the brake circuit to reduce the effort in pressing the pedal, it has nothing to do with fuel consumption or range.

Sorry, but a servo is normally found in the brake circuit to reduce the effort in pressing the pedal, it has nothing to do with fuel consumption or range.

Ah!

A cultural difference..

We in the 'new world' would understand it was short for a purveyor of combustible liquids.

VAGs normally have a lot left, I've chanced 50 miles in a golf on zero before.

Fords mean zero when they say it.

Edited 29 September, 201411 yr by StevesTruck

Ah!

A cultural difference..

We in the 'new world' would understand it was short for a purveyor of combustible liquids.

 

Spoken in an Upper Crust English accent:

"Damned antipodeans!!  Learn to speak English, what!"

   

I am a bit confused. Why does anyone need to let the tank run this low?

When you drive long distances for work and pay for your own fuel, why would you want to fill up on a motorway?

 

The countdown of miles left in the tank is really useful to decide whether I have enough to get home and fill up at my local cheap supermarket where I get points, or do I need to get off the motorway and search for a garage.

 

Filling up once or twice a week is pain enough without going to a garage more often.

 

I have reached zero several times in the yeti, and made a garage withing a couple of miles, but would not push it too far.

 

Had a couple of issues with a citroen diesel years ago. That only seemed to do 50 miles or so from when the light came on. Found out the hard way and Had to bleed the system to get the engine to restart as no automatic air bleed in those days. There can be fuel in the tank but a significant slope will take the fuel away from the inlet pipe to the fuel pump. Once it draws air you are in big trouble, even if it is immersed again shortly afterwards. I thought I had enough fuel to make it home, but couldn't recall when the light had come on going north up the M1. Chickened out at Wooley Edge, about 15 miles from home; as the car went up the slope to the services the engine cut out, and I had just enough speed to coast all the way to a fuel pump!. Still had the pain of hand bleeding and repressurising the system though. Carried a spare gallon of diesel after this and still ran out again a few months later, as a warning light is far less use than a miles left countdown.

 

Conversely was in Lincolnshire in a diesel mondeo, and couldn't find a garage for miles, must have gone 40 miles past zero, getting more and more worried and driving as carefully as possible to conserve what fuel I had, to finally find a garage when I got back onto a main road. I think there must have been 3-4lt still left in the tank based on the amount I could put in. However, no hills here, the slightest slope probably would have caused the pump to suck air, as they can't put the inlet at the lowest point as there has to be somewhere for the crud to settle out.

Edited 29 September, 201411 yr by kenfowler3966

"There can be fuel in the tank but a significant slope will take the fuel away from the inlet pipe to the fuel pump".

 

This is a very good point that's been made - no good having half a gallon in the tank if the pump can't get to it. From holidays in the West Country I'm thinking the 1:4 crawl out of Dartmeet or up Porlock Hill could end up being embarrassing starting with a near empty tank and there are some pretty significant inclines on the A303 getting there and back.

 

Perhaps that's the reason for the range indicator being pessimistic or, more generously, erring to the side of caution. 

 

As regards the price of fuel on a motorway, I'm sure none of us want to pay more than we have to for fuel but in reality is an extra 5p/litre or so on a 50 litre fill once in a while really worth worrying about when it gives you peace of mind that you won't find yourself stranded at the side of the road waiting for a man-with-a-can? Particularly when you put that extra ten pound per year in the context of the overall cost of car ownership.

But why not just put 10 ltrs in on the m/way and leave at the next exit close to a town to fill up properly?