Red Lighting It...

pos · May 23, 2007

Hello (again

)

"Red Lighting?" I hear you ask. Yes, and that's the question. How far can you drive your diesel or petrol 90 / 110 with the fuel gauge red lighting, or the needle at zero?

-Pos

Trewey · May 23, 2007

Why ffs?

pos · May 23, 2007

I seem to be able to drive for miles with no fuel, and I'm interested to see if anyone else's fuel gauge is that buggered

Trewey · May 23, 2007

dunno - never let it get that low - I'm not that tight arsed.

hughesy · May 23, 2007

Mine starts flashing on corners when I've still got a 1/4 of a tank left. Once it comes on on the flat and stays on I reckon I can get about another 50 miles but I've never stretched it to the point of running out. It's an important question if like me you hate stopping for diesel. It's not the paying for it, just the pain in the arse of actually filling up

pos · May 23, 2007

Paying for it is the bit that I don't like. I only have a little part time job - still at school! Bloody Government

GRUNT · May 23, 2007

My fuel light started flashing at half full and was so annoying I took the bulb out. When I put a new tank on the gauge was on the red bit and I drained about a gallon of fuel out of the old tank.

Griffdowg · May 23, 2007

ive got a 1985 2.5 n/a stationwagon 90... the other week i was coming back from bodmin. the light does the aformentioned on/off roaund corners and up hills. when i got onto the M5 i carried on going till the light was solid and didnt flicker. i must have done only about 20-25miles. the neddle hardly moved! i pulled in and filled to the brim. it took 47.55l. i believe the tanks on 90 SW are 45l so i musta been freaking low! i guess the extra is taken up in the filler pipework and neck as it is nearly 3" wide.

G

muddythelandy · May 24, 2007

my light's orange.

I drove just under 50 miles on solid orange and ran out of diesel and had to clear so much crap out of everything, now it just hints at orange for a soupson of a picosecond and I'm off to the garage.

The Mad Hat Man · May 24, 2007

Griffdowg said:
ive got a 1985 2.5 n/a stationwagon 90... the other week i was coming back from bodmin. the light does the aformentioned on/off roaund corners and up hills. when i got onto the M5 i carried on going till the light was solid and didnt flicker. i must have done only about 20-25miles. the neddle hardly moved! i pulled in and filled to the brim. it took 47.55l. i believe the tanks on 90 SW are 45l so i musta been freaking low! i guess the extra is taken up in the filler pipework and neck as it is nearly 3" wide.

G

55l on SW 90 models mate

Red Lighting It...

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