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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Martin_1962 on 27 October 2006, 21:00:41
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Had the 30 mile warning this morning. At work 16 miles and at home it says 4 miles, but I still have 1 1/4 gallons left!
Silly car!
I thought it used fuel remaining and average consumption. As it stays at 90 miles for weeks
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Could your gas conversion be confusing it?
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Mine stays in the low hundreds (can't remember offhand) & then suddenly drops to somewhere in the sixties
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Sounds like it needs re-calibrating. A job that is done with...Tech II.
I am sure Jaime can give a very reasonable price. :)
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Strange really been correct since the install until I have under a couple of gallons (petrol) left, first thought was a leak, or not being switched off, but still doing my 1/2 litre a day for start ups.
So I now have around 1.5 gallons and a 5 mile range!!!!
Will be funny as I need to get gas in morning, then the butchers and not going to Tesco unitll afternoon I reckon 20 miles on.
I'll post what it does as it gets there!
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Had the 30 mile warning this morning. At work 16 miles and at home it says 4 miles, but I still have 1 1/4 gallons left!
Silly car!
I thought it used fuel remaining and average consumption. As it stays at 90 miles for weeks
My 99 Elite's computer isn't far off the mark. The other day I ran the car until it said 4 miles to go, the low fuel warning was that low it had started to flash at me, and so when I filled it to the top I managed to get just over 70 litres in. By my reckoning that left a gallon or so in the tank.
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My low fuel light came on and it said i had 47 miles left. Bet i would have stopped before that.
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I had mine down to 6 miles remaining once. Never again!
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I find my gauge pretty inaccurate when its below 1/4 full.....sometimes i can startup and the gauge doesnt move and light flashes but the comp doesnt warn me im low on fuel, I guess its gets it info from a different sensor.....or ive got a fault in the instrument cluster.
Even if the comp did get down to 0 miles to go.....i bet theres nearly a gallon left, as a 'reserve'.
Right who wants to see how far you can go after the comp says 0 miles left? ;D
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Right who wants to see how far you can go after the comp says 0 miles left? ;D
When I was down to '4 miles left' I was tempted to drive around Tesco's car park till it ran out of miles to go. I'd just finished a night shift and could face the prospect of pushing the car in the piddling rain! ;D
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It's never good to know exactly how much range you have left, as you start to get lulled into a false sense of security.
I always try to keep mine about 1/2 full (empty?) to avoid lugging excessive fuel and ruining the otherwise crisp and precise handling and keeping my 0-60 times below 25 seconds.
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Well it hit 0 on the way to fill up and I have done 25 miles since reading 0.
Got to admit I am idling to switch over and will be sticking £20 of petrol in tomorrow