Egluntyne Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 In case you were wondering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapdragon Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 No Skoda listed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackrocksrock Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 No yaris listed either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 My mom has a Skoda and this information is just in the user manual. For her Fabia Combi it's something like 70 km. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjp Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 learned a long time ago not to run a vehicle down to empty well must past a quarter tank ended up with the fuel system been flushed out and the filters changed due to water in the tank that time it was a company van had it happen twice with this van through both times the gauge was more than a quarter know I have to put an additive in once or twice a year to remove any water Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beantree Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 Our old Renault Megane fuel gauge has decided to go faulty as we found out a few months back. It now takes ages to move off the full mark and then runs out when on a quarter; a 3 mile walk home was the result! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princess Leia Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 That data looks to be from America, based on vehicle names. If so, bear in mind that UK and US gallons are not the same (1 US gallon is 0.83 UK gallon) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjp Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 the age of the car plays a part as well as does the calibration and type of fuel gauge but the main thing is how and were the driving is done and the state of the engine service wise, a cold engine stop start driving in traffic will drink fuel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 According to the handbook, my X-Trail is supposed to be able to run for 30 miles from when the red light comes on I have to say that I never test this - I ran out of fuel in clapped out old cars too many times in the past to risk it any more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 No Mitsubishis either. But I don't like being below the last notch. I panic. I have vivid recollections of a cold night and OH saying there's plenty of petrol left to get home, after he'd announced that his red light was on in the Caravelle and had been on since we'd left his cousin in Bournemouth! Half a mile from home on the M3 with a grumpy half naked teenager (he went out with his cousins in the pouring rain without his coat and got drenched, so was wrapped in a car blanket) and a slightly younger half asleep daughter. OH walked home to get a petrol can and get some petrol. In the meantime a nice traffic officer pulled up and stayed with us until another police car brought OH along with some petrol. Some say the police are (not nice wordies) but these guys were absolutely wonderful. Of course every time we go past that sign we wave at it. It's become a good luck thing with me - and it also winds OH up as he now tries to distract me as that marker approaches - or he hides behind a lorry. Nah ah aaaahhhh! So nope, I'm not going to find out unless the tank counter is broken! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapdragon Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 I always drive on my mileometer rather than petrol tank indicator. Goes back yonks to when I had a Metro (remember those ) which had a very unreliable fuel gauge. Latest car (I say 'latest' but its a Skoda Fabia 15 years old had it 4 and a bit years, done 20, 000 and a few miles since then) has a gadgety thing that tells you how many miles you have left in the tank if you press something on the indicator stalk. I've driven with this up on the 'screen' though and it keeps changing by up to 20 miles as I'm driving along so will stick with my old method! Its automatic now for me to press the reset as I drive off the petrol station forecourt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubereglu Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 Sadly no yaris. I daren't ever risk getting that low though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
