993 fuel gauge

[oops]

Simple question - when my 993 low fuel warning light comes on, how much is left in the tank ?

[scottster]

Enough to get to your nearest garage I hope.

[domster]

C'mon Dave, you used to own a 993...

That reply was about as useful as Thom helping a prospective 911 owner with his purchasing decision

[scottster]

I didn't answer the question Mr C because anyone that knows the answer is sadder than I can imagine - you'd have to be a right muppet to try to find out?

ps: I found Thom's advice of great value, so much so that I bought a four cylinder water pumper........ with reserve fuel of 4.78 litres BTW

[dazren]

OOPS

Not a good idea to find out as already stated, due to possible build up of "crap" at the bottom of the fuel tank.

DAZ

Hows that for not answering the qestion then lads?

[argonaut]

Simple question - when my 993 low fuel warning light comes on, how much is left in the tank ?

Should be easy enough to work out - as soon as the light comes on, find a garage and fill up. This shows you how many litres were left in the tank when the light went on.

Do this on four or five separate occasions and take an average.

[domster]

argonaut said:

Simple question - when my 993 low fuel warning light comes on, how much is left in the tank ?

Should be easy enough to work out - as soon as the light comes on, find a garage and fill up. This shows you how many litres were left in the tank when the light went on.

Do this on four or five separate occasions and take an average.

Argonaut was obviously top of physics at school

This is basically what I have done, but never thought about it before.

[dazren]

Excuse me for being thick (when it suits me). Doesn't that give you a figure of how empty the fuel tank is when the light illuminates. You Need to know the capacity of the tank having RTFM and subtract your figure from this figure, to get the amount of fuel left in the tank when the light comes on.

DAZ

[argonaut]

dazren said: Excuse me for being thick (when it suits me). Doesn't that give you a figure of how empty the fuel tank is when the light illuminates. You Need to know the capacity of the tank having RTFM and subtract your figure from this figure, to get the amount of fuel left in the tank when the light comes on.

DAZ

...and thank you to my trusty assistant Dazren who kindly supplied the final step of the calculation. Pleased to see someone was paying attention.