Guest TonyH Guests Posted 23/07/03 11:13 AM Share Posted 23/07/03 11:13 AM I've driven various cars over 20 years and never ran out of petrol before, but tonight I was driving home from work in my XR6T when my engine cut out. I Knew I was low on petrol but my trip computer was telling me I still had 56 k's left! I'll never trust it again! I should've been more wary of this as once when I filled my tank (trip computer: 40 k's left) it took 67 litres to fill it so I only had 1 litre left! Not really enough to get 40 k's on! Anyone else had erroneous fuel guage readings like this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest IMTRBO Guests Posted 23/07/03 11:18 AM Share Posted 23/07/03 11:18 AM I got my range down to 5 ks last week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FamiliaGTRAe Team "I don't have no Falcon now" Member 387 Member For: 21y 7m 16d Location: Sydney Australia Posted 23/07/03 11:21 AM Share Posted 23/07/03 11:21 AM G'day Tony,Haven't had a problem in a car with a trip computer ('92 Fairlane and '01 LTD) but my Familia had a humped tank (think inverted u) and therefore had two senders, and quite often it would show no fuel then suddenly bring the gauge back up again. I ran out of fuel once that way!I'm also pretty sure that the distance to empty only works based on current (or recent) throttle settings. I.e coast down hills n things and it won't realyl show a realistic distance because the engine isn't doing much, but rock on out to wakefield and go for a fang and you might see it show something different.Cameron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavoWA Proud Team Blueprint member Member 286 Member For: 21y 9m 30d Location: Perth Posted 23/07/03 01:48 PM Share Posted 23/07/03 01:48 PM I've always been a bit tentative about on board fuel calculators, but having checked mine a few times, it appears that it is quite accurate. Yesterday I had 40kms to empty registering and put in 60 litres to fill the tank.That would mean I had about 4-5 litres left when it read empty, so I feel confident in my one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninka Donating Members 1,850 Member For: 22y 1m 21d Gender: Male Location: Perth, WA Posted 23/07/03 02:12 PM Share Posted 23/07/03 02:12 PM I've driven various cars over 20 years and never ran out of petrol before, but tonight I was driving home from work in my XR6T when my engine cut out. I Knew I was low on petrol but my trip computer was telling me I still had 56 k's left! I'll never trust it again! I should've been more wary of this as once when I filled my tank (trip computer: 40 k's left) it took 67 litres to fill it so I only had 1 litre left! Not really enough to get 40 k's on! Anyone else had erroneous fuel guage readings like this? I recognise this problem as I have run out of fuel 3 times in the "T" over the past 4 months, and most times with 40-55 k's left according to the trip computer.The last time it happened the trip computer showed 57 k's left, and the fuel gauge was on about 1/8 full so I decided to complain about it, and my dealer acknowledged that this had been a problem on a couple of cars. He stressed that the fuel computer only gave a reasonable indication, but as the fuel gauge was incorrect also, they decided to change the fuel sender in the tank, and so far it appears to be more realistic, with the fuel gauge moving down from full after about 50 k's, where before I could do over 100 k's before it started moving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tintR Member 154 Member For: 21y 6m 23d Location: Ferntree Gully, Victoria Posted 23/07/03 02:32 PM Share Posted 23/07/03 02:32 PM Ive had no problems with my distance to empty. But from a full tank to half a tank seems to last for a while,then from half to empty it seems to just go. Whats the story behind that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueXR6Turbo The Best Member Donating Members 1,970 Member For: 22y 1m 4d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 23/07/03 02:54 PM Share Posted 23/07/03 02:54 PM I've had my distance to empty below 10km. No problems here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DallasQLD Lifetime Members 1,197 Member For: 22y 2m 8d Gender: Male Location: Albany Creek QLD Posted 23/07/03 09:52 PM Share Posted 23/07/03 09:52 PM Whats the idea of trying to squeeze every last drop our of the tank? Don't you all realize that if you fill up when half empty it only ever costs you half as much. Better to keep some in reserve.... not good to run the tank dry it can damage the pump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falchoon I see red Member 5,758 Member For: 22y 1m 27d Location: nowhere in particular Posted 23/07/03 09:54 PM Share Posted 23/07/03 09:54 PM Hey TonyH, sure you didn't option the "Targa Monaro" trip computer?! :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ducatijb Lifetime Members 3,448 Member For: 21y 10m 10d Gender: Male Location: sydney Posted 23/07/03 10:11 PM Share Posted 23/07/03 10:11 PM I have run mine down to 10k's and then put 65 and 66 lts in seems about right to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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