Ran out of petrol today with 15 litres left in tank!?
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Hi,
Today I ran my 07 v8v out of petrol.
The low fuel light had come on about one mile previous. I was about 1/2 a mile away from the petrol station when the car started to feel like it was running out of petrol. I was driving up a very slight hill, and after a few hundred meters, it stopped. The fuel gauge still had 1/8 of a tank left - the needle was on the first marker up on the gauge and the trip meter said I had 45 miles left.
Luckily I was only about a mile from work and someone was able to come and bring out a 5 litre can which once we put in, the car restarted. I assumed the obvious explanation of a faulty fuel gauge which was incorrectly reading high, and that I had run the tank dry. The car ran a little lumpy, but made it to the petrol station where I filled it up.
After putting 5 litres in the car from the can, I was expecting to be able to fit another 75 litres in the car's 80 litre tank and I was surprised when the pump clicked off at 60 litres. This meant that there was actually 15 litres left in the tank when it stopped and that the fuel gauge was actually reading correctly.
Now this is probably about the lowest that I have ever run the tank and I am interested to know if anyone else has had this problem with their car running out of petrol with still nearly 20% fuel in the tank?
Thanks,
Oli.
Today I ran my 07 v8v out of petrol.
The low fuel light had come on about one mile previous. I was about 1/2 a mile away from the petrol station when the car started to feel like it was running out of petrol. I was driving up a very slight hill, and after a few hundred meters, it stopped. The fuel gauge still had 1/8 of a tank left - the needle was on the first marker up on the gauge and the trip meter said I had 45 miles left.
Luckily I was only about a mile from work and someone was able to come and bring out a 5 litre can which once we put in, the car restarted. I assumed the obvious explanation of a faulty fuel gauge which was incorrectly reading high, and that I had run the tank dry. The car ran a little lumpy, but made it to the petrol station where I filled it up.
After putting 5 litres in the car from the can, I was expecting to be able to fit another 75 litres in the car's 80 litre tank and I was surprised when the pump clicked off at 60 litres. This meant that there was actually 15 litres left in the tank when it stopped and that the fuel gauge was actually reading correctly.
Now this is probably about the lowest that I have ever run the tank and I am interested to know if anyone else has had this problem with their car running out of petrol with still nearly 20% fuel in the tank?
Thanks,
Oli.
Lol - Brian,
I was about to put your advice into action as my plan was to put a couple of cans in the boot when I got to work, but I was foiled when the car decided to stop this time with about twice the level of fuel it had when it ran out last time!
I am starting to suspect that it may not be fuel level related, and possibly an intermittent fault with something else in the fuel system. This is because after being sat by the road for 30min, it started up again and I was able to drive it on to the recovery truck. Also, when we unloaded it, it seemed to be running fine.
Oli.
I was about to put your advice into action as my plan was to put a couple of cans in the boot when I got to work, but I was foiled when the car decided to stop this time with about twice the level of fuel it had when it ran out last time!
I am starting to suspect that it may not be fuel level related, and possibly an intermittent fault with something else in the fuel system. This is because after being sat by the road for 30min, it started up again and I was able to drive it on to the recovery truck. Also, when we unloaded it, it seemed to be running fine.
Oli.
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