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Yup, bloody stupid piece of engineering. For some reason that beats me, the fuel guage won't register a "small" amount of fuel. You have to put a decent amount in to get it to register.
I couldn't believe it, but it's like that by design. Even the Koreans wouldn't let something like that into production. Definitely the worst feature of the car.
TADTS
I couldn't believe it, but it's like that by design. Even the Koreans wouldn't let something like that into production. Definitely the worst feature of the car.
TADTS
The 996 doesn't register anything under 20 gallons I think.
I was running low & put in £20 recently in my 996 TT & the gauge & OBC didn't show the fuel I had put in so I went back to the petrol station & had a blazing row with the attendant with me blaming a faulty forecourt pump.
Then I got home & read about this oddity and felt a bit sheepish.
Ro.
I was running low & put in £20 recently in my 996 TT & the gauge & OBC didn't show the fuel I had put in so I went back to the petrol station & had a blazing row with the attendant with me blaming a faulty forecourt pump.
Then I got home & read about this oddity and felt a bit sheepish.
Ro.
Hi, I am on my third 911, this time a turbo x50... have the same problem with the fuel gauge. I spoke to the OPC and they said the following...
The Fuel capacity of the car is measured by two devices. One being a float type gauge and the other a digital device that calculates the fuel used after the float is no longer sensing the depth of fuel.
The float should cover the first 3/4 of tank depth the digital method calculates the last quarter on fuel used in a real time way. Porsche said this way the on-board computer is more accurate so your range remaining is a better representation.
However, if you run that low you need to put about 22-25 litres of fuel back into the car for it to register on the Float again. Until then the car 'thinks' it still has not received fuel, you have to trigger the float.
It is a bit alarming. I had a bit of a dispute with the petrol station about their pumps.... only to admit defeat when I could only get another 40 litres of fuel in the car before it was overflowing.
Good design in theory but bad in practice if you ask me.
The Fuel capacity of the car is measured by two devices. One being a float type gauge and the other a digital device that calculates the fuel used after the float is no longer sensing the depth of fuel.
The float should cover the first 3/4 of tank depth the digital method calculates the last quarter on fuel used in a real time way. Porsche said this way the on-board computer is more accurate so your range remaining is a better representation.
However, if you run that low you need to put about 22-25 litres of fuel back into the car for it to register on the Float again. Until then the car 'thinks' it still has not received fuel, you have to trigger the float.
It is a bit alarming. I had a bit of a dispute with the petrol station about their pumps.... only to admit defeat when I could only get another 40 litres of fuel in the car before it was overflowing.
Good design in theory but bad in practice if you ask me.
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