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How much fuel left when Reserve light comes on?Views : 28368 Replies : 86Users Viewing This Thread : |
View Poll Results: What do you do when the fuel reserve light comes on? | |||
I never see the reserve light come one. I always fill up before this happens. | 61 | 34.46% | |
Head straight to the nearest fuel station. | 17 | 9.60% | |
Trust the trip computer about the remaining range, but make sure I don't push my luck. | 75 | 42.37% | |
Wait until I see "--- miles remaining". I have still never run out of fuel. | 24 | 13.56% | |
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Aug 1st, 2022, 23:22 | #81 | |
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The fuel "gauge" on my motorbike bike reacts to how it's ridden - if I thrash it, it reads lower (sort of estimated range) and then goes up again when I'm cruising. Nothing's as it seems these days! One would hope with modern digital systems they could program the relevant ECU so the fuel gauge represents the volume of fuel left, tanks are rarely uniform in shape making a level gauge less than accurate. So when you've used say 25 litres of 50 it will read half full - which may actually be two thirds full according to tank level. My XC90 certainly doesn't appear to work that way - the first half of the tank lasts for ages and the second disappears like the wind! Useless programming as I've come to expect from Volvo. |
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Aug 2nd, 2022, 11:55 | #82 | |
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Even the 45 year old volvo 340 and 240 did that with bi metal gauges directly connected to the sender. with a top quality thermostat and oversized radiator . you are making things up as you go along here with no proof of what you might suspect. the gauges are linear why don't you test them?
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Aug 2nd, 2022, 21:25 | #83 | |
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Aug 14th, 2022, 10:12 | #85 |
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An interesting thread to see what members do re fuel.
Myself, as soon as I get any car I will fill it to the brim and reset the trip. Then drive it until the gauge is reading half full. Then fill it to the brim again. Subject to how much fuel I put in, gives me an indication of how accurate the gauge is. I can generally predict how much it is going to take to fill the tank as being the sad person I am, I will do this at other stages of use and what the gauge is reading. On my MY 2016 XC60 D5 it will do about 120 miles before I loose the first bar on the gauge. I would never run it right down, something my dad told me never to do. I don't think I've ever driven any car I've owned so far to have the low fuel light come on. I've done it with company cars though. |
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Aug 14th, 2022, 13:10 | #87 | |
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I normally agree with pretty well everything you advise on here because you actually appear to know what you're talking about but I have to add this about the low fuel, the pump uses the fuel as a lubricant/cooler so for that reason alone I don't recommend being in the light on reminder zone for any longer than necessary, also if you pull over and sit in the camber of a road there's a good chance the pump will be completely out of the fuel and overheating, what you say about not tugging unnecessary fuel about is very true and will lower the mpg overall, the muck in the tank I believe isn't the petrol station as such, I believe the muck comes from pump nozzle to tank filler being washed into the tank, plastic tanks sorts out the rust issue however when you said you've not found any muck in a Volvo tank did you check the pump gauze or split open a fuel filter to see what's in there? lastly the pump will work better if it's got the weight of a few gallons helping push fuel into it over it hunting for fuel in an irregular supply sort of way. Last edited by SnineT; Aug 14th, 2022 at 13:15. |
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