Played fuel warning light roulette and lost.....

[theironduke]

...on the way home last night at about 0100.

As i had no can (lives in the Chim...) i had to resort to the AA And as i'd changed vehicles i was robbed of £49 from the to update my cover and then when the man came i had to stump up for the fuel too. The latter got me wondering...as it paid him in cash with no paperwork was this for his beer kitty/was he supposed to charge???? It was raining and i just wanted to get home so i didn't argue...

Moral of the story....don't chance the little red light...too much anyway

[amokwa]

Compounded by the crud you pick up in the fuel system from the bottom of the tank.

[theironduke]

amokwa said:

Compounded by the crud you pick up in the fuel system from the bottom of the tank.

It'll be fine, all diluted with a half fill up today Couldn't stomach brimming the old girl...

[kambites]

amokwa said:

Compounded by the crud you pick up in the fuel system from the bottom of the tank.

Um, where abouts do you think the pickup draws fuel from when the tank is full? If anything it's stuff floating on the top of the fuel that you should be worrying about.

[Marf]

kambites said:

amokwa said:

Compounded by the crud you pick up in the fuel system from the bottom of the tank.

Um, where abouts do you think the pickup draws fuel from when the tank is full? If anything it's stuff floating on the top of the fuel that you should be worrying about.

But but but, the crud, on the bottom of the tank!

[E38Ross]

i thought it was bad to run a car near empty because of potential to harm the catalytic converter.....or so it says in my owners manual.

[Marf]

E38Ross said:

i thought it was bad to run a car near empty because of potential to harm the catalytic converter.....or so it says in my owners manual.

Please connect the two more clearly. I am failing to see a correlation.

[Zwoelf]

Marf said:

kambites said:

amokwa said:

Compounded by the crud you pick up in the fuel system from the bottom of the tank.

Um, where abouts do you think the pickup draws fuel from when the tank is full? If anything it's stuff floating on the top of the fuel that you should be worrying about.

But but but, the crud, on the bottom of the tank!

But, but, but ... fuel filters.

From previous times this has cropped up, I thought the greater potential problem was the fuel pump getting borked because it doesn't get cooled when it's no longer immersed in fuel, a problem that can often afflict thirsty motors that get run on thimblefuls of fuel instead of fill > down to 1/4 tank > refill.

Edited by Zwoelf on Sunday 30th October 14:00

[Marf]

[Fraser Z4]

Last week I was in the Citroen Picasso we use as the general odd job car and ran out of petrol when the computer said 24 miles remaining!

Is there any truth in the statement people always make about 'crap in the dregs of the fuel'? I mean where does it come from? And do cars not have a fuel filter?!

[theironduke]

E38Ross said:

i thought it was bad to run a car near empty because of potential to harm the catalytic converter.....or so it says in my owners manual.

I think any cat issues would be irrelevant with reagrd to the barge in question

[Marf]

Fraser Z4 said:

Is there any truth in the statement people always make about 'crap in the dregs of the fuel'?

I'm going to go out on a limb and say its utter bullsh-t

Fraser Z4 said:

I mean where does it come from?

One of those urban myths that just gets repeated over and over without any proof.

Fraser Z4 said:

And do cars not have a fuel filter?!

No, of course they don't!!

[E38Ross]

Marf said:

E38Ross said:

i thought it was bad to run a car near empty because of potential to harm the catalytic converter.....or so it says in my owners manual.

Please connect the two more clearly. I am failing to see a correlation.

so am i, but it doesn't stop the handbook saying it

"Please refuel early, since driving to the last drop of fuel can result in damage to the engine and/or catalytic converter"

also says

"A range of under 31 miles (50 kilometers) is displayed in the Check Control in the instrument cluster. Please respond to this warning by refueling at once to avoid serious damage to the engine and catalytic converter."

[E38Ross]

theironduke said:

I think any cat issues would be irrelevant with reagrd to the barge in question

ah

[maniac0796]

The pick up for the fuel pump sits on the bottom of the tank anyway, so it would have the potential to pick up the crap full or not.

Plus the guaze on the main pickup would get rid of any big particles, and the paper in the fuel filter would pretty much stop anything else.

[wolf1]

theironduke said:

...on the way home last night at about 0100.

As i had no can (lives in the Chim...) i had to resort to the AA And as i'd changed vehicles i was robbed of £49 from the to update my cover and then when the man came i had to stump up for the fuel too. The latter got me wondering...as it paid him in cash with no paperwork was this for his beer kitty/was he supposed to charge???? It was raining and i just wanted to get home so i didn't argue...

Moral of the story....don't chance the little red light...too much anyway

The fuel can be either paid for in cash or by card. If by card the patrol will refill the can with his fuel card. If you pay cash he refills the can using the cash you paid him for the fuel.

[Vixpy1]

Er I've never had a to update my car details with the AA, whatever I'm in , they just cover

[WeirdNeville]

I've seen inside my fuel tank, on a car with 170,000 miles (and not an unthirsty car at that, so plently of fuels been through it).

It was completely clean.

[PJ S]

E38Ross said:

"Please refuel early, since driving to the last drop of fuel can result in damage to the engine and/or catalytic converter"

also says

"A range of under 31 miles (50 kilometers) is displayed in the Check Control in the instrument cluster. Please respond to this warning by refueling at once to avoid serious damage to the engine and catalytic converter."

Reads as a pure get out clause if the fault code logger stores frequency and mileage driven with low fuel warning light displaying.
Chances are it doesn't, so it's acting more as a saving idiots from themselves - being stranded in the middle of nowhere.

[anonymous-user]

Never gamble. Yesterday I had 60 miles showing for a 30 mile journey and was thinking about gambling to get home without getting the expensive fuel on the M42. Then I said screw it and put in a gallon of £1.44/L petrol to get me back home to £1.31/L. It just aint worth it.