Balbas

Active Member

• Dec 31, 2015

• #1

I can only get 60 or so litres in. According to the manual I should have a 95 litre tank. Even allowing for a large 'reserve' I should be seeing another 20 litres or so going in. It's never really bothered me, I've still got 400 miles of range (I'm routinely getting a measured 30mpg out of the old girl), but is it normal?

Assuming I run the tank dry one day (with a full jerry can in the boot of course) to test the range, is the fuel purge procedure the old 5 full presses of the pedal before starting?

A 400 mile range is great, a 600 mile range would be better - I hate fuel stops!

 

Vinlander

Well-Known Member

• Dec 31, 2015

• #2

Syphoning the fuel out might be more better
I reckon I've got about a hundred miles in the tank once the light comes on, give or take a hundred miles, depending on how long I can stay on a roundabout without falling asleep. No big deal either way.

 

M

Mark Ormond

Active Member

• Dec 31, 2015

• #3

Dont run it out of fuel, you could pull any crap through to the engine.
Iam sure your tank holds its 95 litres must be a faulty sender

 

stannswhite

Well-Known Member

• Dec 31, 2015

• #4

but theres nobody at home..

 

Balbas

Active Member

• Dec 31, 2015

• #5

Yeah, 'to get to the other side' etc etc.... But seriously...

 

jamesmartin

Well-Known Member

• Dec 31, 2015

• #6

next time it reaches that point pull rear carpet forward remove access panel and sender unit you can easily see and measure what actual fuel is in, it may be a bent float arm or poor sender unit

 

markomate2

Well-Known Member

• Jan 1, 2016

• #7

After I did my fuel pipes and replaced the, empty, tank, I put in 20 litres from a Jerry can, it only just put the fuel light out, it came on again after a few miles driving.

I think the book says only 80 litres of the fuel capacity is available anyway.
Mark