Letting the tank run low......
Discussion
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.
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.
itcaptainslow said:
BritishRacinGrin said:
It probably drew some air and had to re-bleed itself.
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It's really just cucumber extract and tap water but "mums the word" [taps side of nose]
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