Letting the tank run low......
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The other half (bless her) likes to let her car run on fumes before filling up.
I got in it this morning to take the kids to nursery and it was empty and would not pull & kept hesitating making it difficult to get up speed to join a D/C.
I filled up ASAP but the car was no different, even after a few miles & bursts of full throttle.
I bought some Diesel Magic (2 bottles) and added to the full tank and swished the fuel around to mix it by steer left and right in quick movements (like an F1 driveer warming up tyres) and after a run of about 20 miles the fault cleared luckily!
That could have been one expensive mistake letting the tank get that low.
What are your re-fuelling habits like?
Personally, I never get much below a 1/4 of a tank before filling back up to at least 3/4 full again.
I got in it this morning to take the kids to nursery and it was empty and would not pull & kept hesitating making it difficult to get up speed to join a D/C.
I filled up ASAP but the car was no different, even after a few miles & bursts of full throttle.
I bought some Diesel Magic (2 bottles) and added to the full tank and swished the fuel around to mix it by steer left and right in quick movements (like an F1 driveer warming up tyres) and after a run of about 20 miles the fault cleared luckily!
That could have been one expensive mistake letting the tank get that low.
What are your re-fuelling habits like?
Personally, I never get much below a 1/4 of a tank before filling back up to at least 3/4 full again.
So what was the fault code?
It could be completely un-related. Years ago I had an engine warning light come on because of a fueling issue, which would clear after 10 miles or so of running - assuming the system got up to operating temperature.
You may even find the code is still present, so it's worth plugging it in to see what the fault was.
It could be completely un-related. Years ago I had an engine warning light come on because of a fueling issue, which would clear after 10 miles or so of running - assuming the system got up to operating temperature.
You may even find the code is still present, so it's worth plugging it in to see what the fault was.
At the moment with the XFR, i will try and keep it topped up. As soon as it hits the 3/4 of a tank, i will pop another 1/4 in to full.
The car is very thirsty and if i needed to drive somewhere suddenly and quickly, i wouldn't want to either run it on fumes or have to stop to refill. With a full tank, it will only achieve circa 250miles.
The bikes however will be ridden until the warning lamp is on, but these are for commuting and there are many petrol stations along the route.
The car is very thirsty and if i needed to drive somewhere suddenly and quickly, i wouldn't want to either run it on fumes or have to stop to refill. With a full tank, it will only achieve circa 250miles.
The bikes however will be ridden until the warning lamp is on, but these are for commuting and there are many petrol stations along the route.
[/URL]Kentish said:
I filled up ASAP but the car was no different, even after a few miles & bursts of full throttle.
I bought some Diesel Magic (2 bottles) and added to the full tank and swished the fuel around to mix it by steer left and right in quick movements (like an F1 driveer warming up tyres) and after a run of about 20 miles the fault cleared luckily!
That could have been one expensive mistake letting the tank get that low.
Ah, the old "It'll pick all the muck up off the bottom of the tank" urban myth.I bought some Diesel Magic (2 bottles) and added to the full tank and swished the fuel around to mix it by steer left and right in quick movements (like an F1 driveer warming up tyres) and after a run of about 20 miles the fault cleared luckily!
That could have been one expensive mistake letting the tank get that low.
The pickup in the tank is ALWAYS at the same point, near the bottom. It doesn't float on the top.
Running low CAN cause foaming, because of the constant circulation of fuel, and that can cause pump cavitation, and potentially a low pressure fault code, but that's about it.
A bottle of extra-virgin cold-pressed extract of python will make no difference to anything except for a weight saving in your wallet.
_Deano said:
At the moment with the XFR, i will try and keep it topped up. As soon as it hits the 3/4 of a tank, i will pop another 1/4 in to full.
The car is very thirsty and if i needed to drive somewhere suddenly and quickly, i wouldn't want to either run it on fumes or have to stop to refill. With a full tank, it will only achieve circa 250miles.
The bikes however will be ridden until the warning lamp is on, but these are for commuting and there are many petrol stations along the route.
So you go to the petrol station every 62 miles? That must be about once every 1-2hrs of driving, you'll be needing all 500bhp to make up all that time again! I had a car that could only do 220-250 miles on a tank and it got annoying fairly quickly even brimming it from empty every time.The car is very thirsty and if i needed to drive somewhere suddenly and quickly, i wouldn't want to either run it on fumes or have to stop to refill. With a full tank, it will only achieve circa 250miles.
The bikes however will be ridden until the warning lamp is on, but these are for commuting and there are many petrol stations along the route.
_Deano said:
At the moment with the XFR, i will try and keep it topped up. As soon as it hits the 3/4 of a tank, i will pop another 1/4 in to full.
The car is very thirsty and if i needed to drive somewhere suddenly and quickly, i wouldn't want to either run it on fumes or have to stop to refill. With a full tank, it will only achieve circa 250miles.
The bikes however will be ridden until the warning lamp is on, but these are for commuting and there are many petrol stations along the route.
You're bound to get 200 miles from 3/4 a tank. In what scenario are you planning on suddenly having to do 200 miles without any notice at top speed with no time to stop The car is very thirsty and if i needed to drive somewhere suddenly and quickly, i wouldn't want to either run it on fumes or have to stop to refill. With a full tank, it will only achieve circa 250miles.
The bikes however will be ridden until the warning lamp is on, but these are for commuting and there are many petrol stations along the route.
Seems a bit of a huge coincidence for it to not be related to running extremely low.
It's never done it before.
Maybe it would have just cleared again after a few more miles on new fuel but I know that injectors do block over time.
I used to work for Lucas Service, we used the same cleaner I used today on some cars. Some responded to this well others didn't and needed injector clean and refurb off the car.
Incidentally, it was the only cleaner they had with a warning of being fatal if swallowed and loads of other safety info on the label. Probably not quite the snake oil that others are with a warning that it "might" cause some irritation to skin.
It's never done it before.
Maybe it would have just cleared again after a few more miles on new fuel but I know that injectors do block over time.
I used to work for Lucas Service, we used the same cleaner I used today on some cars. Some responded to this well others didn't and needed injector clean and refurb off the car.
Incidentally, it was the only cleaner they had with a warning of being fatal if swallowed and loads of other safety info on the label. Probably not quite the snake oil that others are with a warning that it "might" cause some irritation to skin.
Sump said:
You're bound to get 200 miles from 3/4 a tank. In what scenario are you planning on suddenly having to do 200 miles without any notice at top speed with no time to stop
lol, no idea. Zombie invasion? 
Thankfully i don't drive it every day, so it doesn't need filling all the time. I will probably commute with it a couple of days a week, when i'm feeling a bit girly and it's too cold to ride the bike. But after a couple of trips it will be topped up.
Kentish said:
The other half (bless her) likes to let her car run on fumes before filling up.
I got in it this morning to take the kids to nursery and it was empty and would not pull & kept hesitating making it difficult to get up speed to join a D/C.
I filled up ASAP but the car was no different, even after a few miles & bursts of full throttle.
I bought some Diesel Magic (2 bottles) and added to the full tank and swished the fuel around to mix it by steer left and right in quick movements (like an F1 driveer warming up tyres) and after a run of about 20 miles the fault cleared luckily!
That could have been one expensive mistake letting the tank get that low.
What are your re-fuelling habits like?
Personally, I never get much below a 1/4 of a tank before filling back up to at least 3/4 full again.
Unlikely to be fuel level related. In my experience diesels usually stop dead rather than play up when fuel is low.I got in it this morning to take the kids to nursery and it was empty and would not pull & kept hesitating making it difficult to get up speed to join a D/C.
I filled up ASAP but the car was no different, even after a few miles & bursts of full throttle.
I bought some Diesel Magic (2 bottles) and added to the full tank and swished the fuel around to mix it by steer left and right in quick movements (like an F1 driveer warming up tyres) and after a run of about 20 miles the fault cleared luckily!
That could have been one expensive mistake letting the tank get that low.
What are your re-fuelling habits like?
Personally, I never get much below a 1/4 of a tank before filling back up to at least 3/4 full again.
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