Ran out of fuel!?
Picked up a lovely 2005 55 plate Volvo S80 163 D5 se lux 110000 miles at the weekend. Beautiful car and really proud of it!
It has a full service history.
I was travelling down from up north along the M6 and on to the M6 Toll. Fuel gauge was showing just under a quarter of a tank. When suddenly it cut out and I coasted on to the hard shoulder. No explanation given.
It felt very much like I’d run out of fuel?!
No fuel light came on and to be honest I was nowhere near the red. Range was showing 200 miles.
RAC were called and confirmed I’d ran out of fuel. RAC put 10 litres in and I then topped up at nearest fuel station. RAC man also said they had a previous record of the same vehicle running out of fuel a few months ago!
I strongly believe the low pressure fuel pump is at fault and not moving fuel over to the other side of the tank or scavenging low level fuel. I can hear the pump on a quiet morning but that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s working correctly.
Apart from this issue the car is perfect in every way.
Ive decided to bite the bullet and have the fuel pump replaced for piece of mind. I’m 95% sure it will be an issue with the pump but their is always a niggling doubt that it could be some else.
Since fueling to the top the car has run without fault.
I don’t trust the pump but could it be anything else?
It s harder to start first thing in the morning than I would expect. It does start but just not on the first couple of cranks.
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