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Title: Fill your tank, oil prices are going up
Post by: Varche on 12 June 2014, 20:01:15
Iraq situation will force oil prices up and up. :y
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Post by: tooleater on 12 June 2014, 22:32:02
Good news for Elon Musk then :y
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Post by: chrisgixer on 12 June 2014, 23:44:28
Filled with lpg this very evening. :)
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Post by: Andy B on 12 June 2014, 23:47:20
Filled the Smart yesterday .......... all 29 litres  :y ;D ;D
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Post by: Vamps on 12 June 2014, 23:53:29
I fill up every week regardless of how much is left in the tank, much cheaper now than with the Jeep....... :y :y
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Post by: TheBoy on 13 June 2014, 09:34:53
S'pose I should put some petrol in TBE, that light is bloody annoying...
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Post by: chrisgixer on 13 June 2014, 10:25:48
S'pose I should put some petrol in TBE, that light is bloody annoying...
...and it stays on for days... And says... and days ... And days.
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Post by: omega3000 on 13 June 2014, 11:40:09
Got some in the shed  :P
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Post by: joff on 13 June 2014, 13:45:37
Do I have to keep the DTi now ??? :-\ and put the Elite on the drive :o or sell the DTi and use the money to LPG the elite ::) and keep the 3.2 MV6 as is. ;)
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Post by: Taxi_Driver on 13 June 2014, 18:35:39
S'pose I should put some petrol in TBE, that light is bloody annoying...

Take the bulb out....job jobbed  :y ;D
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Post by: TheBoy on 13 June 2014, 18:40:44
S'pose I should put some petrol in TBE, that light is bloody annoying...

Take the bulb out....job jobbed  :y ;D
Problem solved. Mrs TB used it for work, and got scared with a light on  :-X
Title: Re: Fill your tank, oil prices are going up
Post by: Taxi_Driver on 13 June 2014, 18:48:49
S'pose I should put some petrol in TBE, that light is bloody annoying...

Take the bulb out....job jobbed  :y ;D
Problem solved. Mrs TB used it for work, and got scared with a light on  :-X

 ;D ;D ;D ..... I should lend Mrs TB my car.....it rarely has its fuel warning light off.....i only start to worry a bit if the fuel comp say '0' mils to go....i know i have a good few miles to get to a garage  ::)
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Post by: 05omegav6 on 14 June 2014, 18:54:59
The low fuel light lottery in the Merc is devilish... both the light comes on and the trip computer goes into reserve mode at 15 litres. Trouble is, instead of range, the display changes to 'Reserve Fuel Level' with a picture of a car being refuelled... three gallons should see 80-90 miles, minimum... but unless you knoiw what the range was before hand, it's pure guesswork :-\

Do ya feel lucky punk? Well do ya?  ;D
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Post by: TheBoy on 14 June 2014, 19:44:04
The low fuel light lottery in the Merc is devilish... both the light comes on and the trip computer goes into reserve mode at 15 litres. Trouble is, instead of range, the display changes to 'Reserve Fuel Level' with a picture of a car being refuelled... three gallons should see 80-90 miles, minimum... but unless you knoiw what the range was before hand, it's pure guesswork :-\

Do ya feel lucky punk? Well do ya?  ;D
He who has never run out of fuel in virtually every vehicle he's had clearly isn't trying....   :-[
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Post by: 05omegav6 on 14 June 2014, 19:47:38
The low fuel light lottery in the Merc is devilish... both the light comes on and the trip computer goes into reserve mode at 15 litres. Trouble is, instead of range, the display changes to 'Reserve Fuel Level' with a picture of a car being refuelled... three gallons should see 80-90 miles, minimum... but unless you knoiw what the range was before hand, it's pure guesswork :-\

Do ya feel lucky punk? Well do ya?  ;D
He who has never run out of fuel in virtually every vehicle he's had clearly isn't trying....   :-[
I suspect it has tendency to destroy the fuel pump and crank sensor on the Omega if you let it run low enough regularly, imhe :-X
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Post by: TheBoy on 14 June 2014, 20:00:53
The low fuel light lottery in the Merc is devilish... both the light comes on and the trip computer goes into reserve mode at 15 litres. Trouble is, instead of range, the display changes to 'Reserve Fuel Level' with a picture of a car being refuelled... three gallons should see 80-90 miles, minimum... but unless you knoiw what the range was before hand, it's pure guesswork :-\

Do ya feel lucky punk? Well do ya?  ;D
He who has never run out of fuel in virtually every vehicle he's had clearly isn't trying....   :-[
I suspect it has tendency to destroy the fuel pump and crank sensor on the Omega if you let it run low enough regularly, imhe :-X
Never had to replace a fuel pump on any car (except Rover 25, replaced under warranty by useless dealers), but may have changed the occasional crank sensor ::)
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Post by: 05omegav6 on 14 June 2014, 20:09:07
Done two pumps and one crank sensor (so far), which just goes to show how much the estates hate starting on a slight slope with low fuel levels :-X
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Post by: chrisgixer on 14 June 2014, 20:14:18
The low fuel light lottery in the Merc is devilish... both the light comes on and the trip computer goes into reserve mode at 15 litres. Trouble is, instead of range, the display changes to 'Reserve Fuel Level' with a picture of a car being refuelled... three gallons should see 80-90 miles, minimum... but unless you knoiw what the range was before hand, it's pure guesswork :-\

Do ya feel lucky punk? Well do ya?  ;D
He who has never run out of fuel in virtually every vehicle he's had clearly isn't trying....   :-[
I suspect it has tendency to destroy the fuel pump and crank sensor on the Omega if you let it run low enough regularly, imhe :-X
Never had to replace a fuel pump on any car (except Rover 25, replaced under warranty by useless dealers), but may have changed the occasional crank sensor ::)
;D isn't that a bit like me saying I've never had a problem with any tyres ;D

....except F Fer fafeer Falkens ;D
Title: Re: Fill your tank, oil prices are going up
Post by: TheBoy on 15 June 2014, 18:53:14
The low fuel light lottery in the Merc is devilish... both the light comes on and the trip computer goes into reserve mode at 15 litres. Trouble is, instead of range, the display changes to 'Reserve Fuel Level' with a picture of a car being refuelled... three gallons should see 80-90 miles, minimum... but unless you knoiw what the range was before hand, it's pure guesswork :-\

Do ya feel lucky punk? Well do ya?  ;D
He who has never run out of fuel in virtually every vehicle he's had clearly isn't trying....   :-[
I suspect it has tendency to destroy the fuel pump and crank sensor on the Omega if you let it run low enough regularly, imhe :-X
Never had to replace a fuel pump on any car (except Rover 25, replaced under warranty by useless dealers), but may have changed the occasional crank sensor ::)
;D isn't that a bit like me saying I've never had a problem with any tyres ;D

....except F Fer fafeer Falkens ;D
Yeah, I'd forgotten about the Rover, and that was an edit afterwards. Wasn't due to abuse though, as it must only have been a year old...
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Post by: Taxi_Driver on 15 June 2014, 20:14:05
Done two pumps and one crank sensor (so far), which just goes to show how much the estates hate starting on a slight slope with low fuel levels :-X

My old 2.2 estate fuel pump failed....which was always low on petrol as it was LPG, but i put that down to the pump was constantly running, not pumping petrol anywhere  :-\

Replaced it with a 2.0 pump from a scrappy for about a tenner  :y

Half way thro' changing it.....i had a sudden thought....maybe it wasnt wise to be smoking at the same time  ::) ;D