“The car needs fuel” she said ......

[themanwithnoaim]

On 25/11/2018 at 10:16, gRoberts said:

 

Worryingly, my wife's Dacia 

You make your wife drive a Dacia.....

 

FFS you can obviously afford a divorce, me I've too much to loose thanks, I let her pick & she's **** at it but, it's her choice at least

[gRoberts]

2 hours ago, themanwithnoaim said:

You make your wife drive a Dacia.....

 

FFS you can obviously afford a divorce, me I've too much to loose thanks, I let her pick & she's **** at it but, it's her choice at least

 

Believe it or not, she picked it. She deals with little scrotes (social services) on a daily basis and sometimes has to take them in her car. Apparently she can perform a restraint from the drivers seat with ease. The salesman didn't really believe us at first.

 

Mind, on the plus side, it's actually a decent car. The 0.9 TCE has instilled confidence in my 1.0 Octavia. Just had to buy a new stalk to fix the horn that stopped working... like a "sh'in peugeot" - £12.50. Imagine that on a Skoda

 

 

[SC03OTT]

Nothing wrong with a Dacia. They are what they are and don’t pretend to be anything else. 

[AGFalco]

5 hours ago, ScoutCJB said:

I want to avoid dragging any crap in the bottom of the tank through the system.

 

Is the fuel pick up at the top of the tank then?

 

Thanks AG Falco

[bigjohn]

On 25/11/2018 at 11:56, bigjohn said:

 

I filled up at an Asda in Hull yesterday @118.7 pence pre litre for petrol. I normally put 99ron Tesco Greenenergy but couldn't resist the Asda price. 

 

 

 

Oh dear - my Superb doesn't like this 95RON Asda stuff - feels somehow not 100% with it especially at lower revs up hills.  I'll be topping up with 99RON soon to try and stop it sulking.

 

Serves me right for being a Yorkshire tighwad 

 

 

 

[themanwithnoaim]

3 hours ago, gRoberts said:

 She deals with little scrotes (social services) on a daily basis and sometimes has to take them in her car.

Oh I feel for you but apparently, it's easier to get yours kids back of a Rottweiler than a Social Worker.

[gRoberts]

17 hours ago, themanwithnoaim said:

Oh I feel for you but apparently, it's easier to get yours kids back of a Rottweiler than a Social Worker.

 

It resembles a golf ball more than a car, with all the dints, scratches and what nots. 

[dogdiego]

So, I like playing the how far can we stretch an empty tank game. 

 

When the 1.0 Octy drops to zero... how many miles have I roughly got left. Just so I know... 

[gRoberts]

46 minutes ago, dogdiego said:

So, I like playing the how far can we stretch an empty tank game. 

 

When the 1.0 Octy drops to zero... how many miles have I roughly got left. Just so I know... 

 

It's the same regardless of the engine/spec, as far as I am aware. It usually comes on with a gallon remaining and the mileage shown, is based upon the guestimated MPG, i.e. 40 mpg, would likely show 40 miles remaining when the light comes on. If you thrash the poop out of the car normally, it's probably going to show a lot less.

[dogdiego]

Ah okay, just on my current car it disappears after it goes lower than 21 miles. Which is no good to anybody. 

[gRoberts]

7 hours ago, dogdiego said:

Ah okay, just on my current car it disappears after it goes lower than 21 miles. Which is no good to anybody. 

 

Yeah my wifes is similar - fuel light will come in around 60-70 miles to empty and then changes to -- after about 10 miles. 

[Oldmansomerset]

An interesting topic.  I wondered - with the design of the fuel tanks, if the sender has trouble sending the correct info to the gauge or the 'mileage left' readout info?  

 

Regarding the sludge and debris in the tank, I think the take off is slightly above the bottom but there should be a filter anyway.

[ScoutCJB]

On 26/11/2018 at 20:53, AGFalco said:

 

Is the fuel pick up at the top of the tank then?

 

Thanks AG Falco

 

Dont know exactly where, but its at the bottom or very near to bottom.  There are fuel filters in the system but dont like running cars low or risk pulling any crap through.

[Gerrycan]

17 minutes ago, ScoutCJB said:

 

Dont know exactly where, but its at the bottom or very near to bottom.  There are fuel filters in the system but dont like running cars low or risk pulling any crap through.

Better be sure and put a sticker on the filler cap saying "Please do not crap here".

[Russ77]

Before my last fill-up the low fuel warning had popped up indicating I had 45 miles left by the time I got to the fuel station.

 

Actual MPG for the tank was 53.14 (average MPG since March is 52.5), I filled up with 43.03l of fuel so on the basis of it being a 50l tank I had 7l/1.54g of diesel left which would have been good for another 81 miles although I guess they have to build in a little contingency for those who take fuel light roulette to the extreme

[KenONeill]

At least it was "The car needs fuel" and not "your car needs fuel"...

[AGFalco]

With my Skoda the miles to empty goes quicker than the miles travelled after the warning light comes on.

I have driven it when the 'miles to go' is reading - -.

 

Had one car where I drove another 100 miles before refilling after the warning light came on.

Managed to put 67.5 Litres in a 60 Litre fuel tank so I was almost empty.

 

Had a Ford Escort van that always ran out when the fuel gauge got to an eighth full.

Never knew if the low fuel warning light worked on that one.

 

I think that is why the call them a fuel gauge. verb.

 

Thanks AG Falco

[SuperbTWM]

1 hour ago, AGFalco said:

Had a Ford Escort van that always ran out when the fuel gauge got to an eighth full.

 

 

My MK7 escort didn't have a fuel light! I got curious and ran out of petrol once, to be fair the gauge was showing very empty at the time

[bigjohn]

8 hours ago, ScoutCJB said:

 

Dont know exactly where, but its at the bottom or very near to bottom.  There are fuel filters in the system but dont like running cars low or risk pulling any crap through.

 

The fuel will always be sloshing about in the tank so any crap will be somewhat distributed. With modern plastic fuel tanks you get very little indeed - very different to the days of steel tanks that could rust especially if stood for a while.  I used to find some horror stories with classic cars of old - Basically latent heat of evaporation keeps cooling the tank causing condensation which eventually contributes to rapid (sometimes very rapid!)  rusting where bits of rust drop to the bottom of the tank and also eventually creating holes. Filler necks on some cars could also rot.

[hirez]

Does everyone believe every fuel pump is 100% accurate for 50l?

Edited 3 December, 2018 by hirez

[Gerrycan]

23 minutes ago, hirez said:

Does everyone believe every fuel pump is 100% accurate for 50l?

It will come as no surprise that I have a jerrycan. It is just a metal 5 litre can with a pullout plastic pouring spout and it is about 25 years old.

It has the patina of age with mild rusting outside and on top is a protective mix of dirt and two stroke oil. The location of the spout away from the edge means that it never empties completely always leaving about 100ml inside

I have not mixed two stroke in it for the last 20 years but regularly refill with our lowest (Australian) grade 91Octane (high sulphur) fuel for various lawn mower/whippersnipper/chainsaw/etc use.

The point being that the jerrycan interior is pristine and there is no 'crap' or detritus of any description visible despite spending at least half its life half empty.

 

On the issue of fuel pump accuracy I have never questioned the quantity released with a 5 litre fill over the last ~30 years except the last time I went to my regular station and used a pump I don't normally use it only took 4.4 Litres to fill the nominally empty jerrycan. I also topped my 13 yo Toyota Echo and it took a few litres less than I expected.

That is the first time ever  I have come across that, so yes it is possible. Needless to say I did not report it.

 

I have never had a big enough variance between the displayed consumption and actual consumption on my 4+ yo Octavia to really question a pump's accuracy before although nothing is ever 100% accurate.

[shyVRS245]

26 minutes ago, Gerrycan said:

It will come as no surprise that I have a jerrycan. It is just a metal 5 litre can with a pullout plastic pouring spout and it is about 25 years old.

It has the patina of age with mild rusting outside and on top is a protective mix of dirt and two stroke oil. The location of the spout away from the edge means that it never empties completely always leaving about 100ml inside

I have not mixed two stroke in it for the last 20 years but regularly refill with our lowest (Australian) grade 91Octane (high sulphur) fuel for various lawn mower/whippersnipper/chainsaw/etc use.

The point being that the jerrycan interior is pristine and there is no 'crap' or detritus of any description visible despite spending at least half its life half empty.

 

On the issue of fuel pump accuracy I have never questioned the quantity released with a 5 litre fill over the last ~30 years except the last time I went to my regular station and used a pump I don't normally use it only took 4.4 Litres to fill the nominally empty jerrycan. I also topped my 13 yo Toyota Echo and it took a few litres less than I expected.

That is the first time ever  I have come across that, so yes it is possible. Needless to say I did not report it.

 

I have never had a big enough variance between the displayed consumption and actual consumption on my 4+ yo Octavia to really question a pump's accuracy before although nothing is ever 100% accurate.

Particularly SPEEDO's and I'm not talking about skimpy swimwear!