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#449575 - 08/07/12 06:59 PM Fuel tank capacity and fuel gauge
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Is it right that the fuel tank is 45 litres ? Normally when it seems the car is almost empty you can fill it up with around 30-35 litres. Today it seemed complety empty almost and I only got 28 litres in it. Anybody know if it's possible to program the gauge to be a bit more accurate?

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#449576 - 08/07/12 08:03 PM Re: Fuel tank capacity and fuel gauge [Re: Oyvind]
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yes its 45 litres. i have pre facelift, the last bar on the gauge is still about 10 litres full which is a bit depressing considering theres still £50 worth of fuel going into her. no idea about recalibration im afraid.
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#449577 - 08/07/12 08:43 PM Re: Fuel tank capacity and fuel gauge [Re: sxkopite8]
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Even when I know it's plenty left I think it's time to fill when the yellow light comes on.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuEdU_lrtZk but always wanted to do like Kramer in Seinfeld and look how far you can go before it really is empty :P

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#449578 - 10/07/12 06:17 PM Re: Fuel tank capacity and fuel gauge [Re: Oyvind]
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When the digital read out on the facelift says "0 miles left" I've always wondered how much fuel is actuallly left.

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#449579 - 10/07/12 06:52 PM Re: Fuel tank capacity and fuel gauge [Re: Milky]
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Most i've put in once was just above 41 litres, couldn't find a petrol station lol Scary times
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#449580 - 10/07/12 06:53 PM Re: Fuel tank capacity and fuel gauge [Re: Duff]
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I've been down to 2 miles left on the tank, only managed to get 41 litres in too.

It can only be a good thing, no one wants to look like the tosser who broke down because he ran out of fuel
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#449581 - 10/07/12 07:27 PM Re: Fuel tank capacity and fuel gauge [Re: Jack_P]
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Left my house with 0 miles, got 43 litres in. That was a scary drive
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#449582 - 10/07/12 10:19 PM Re: Fuel tank capacity and fuel gauge [Re: Duncan_P]
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Had 44.1 before... In my old fiesta....

On prefaced it's you can typically do 30 miles off the bottom of the gauge I pushed it to 41 by mistake when I forgot I was ment to fill up

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#449583 - 11/07/12 07:38 AM Re: Fuel tank capacity and fuel gauge [Re: Duncan_P]
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Left my house with 0 miles, got 43 litres in. That was a scary drive



That's mad because every time I get in my fuel guage has magically gone up 2-5 miles on what I had when I switched the engine off which meant you were potentially on minus miles
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#449584 - 11/07/12 02:22 PM Re: Fuel tank capacity and fuel gauge [Re: ST_Lee]
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I believe once the petrol light comes on you still have 8litres left

Done over 40miles with the light on in my ST
Regularly do over 50miles in the van
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#449585 - 11/07/12 06:48 PM Re: Fuel tank capacity and fuel gauge [Re: Adam08]
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I believe once the petrol light comes on you still have 8litres left




Yes that's correct. Whenever I've filled up shortly after the light's come on, it's taken 37-38 litres to fill it.
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#449586 - 12/07/12 06:35 PM Re: Fuel tank capacity and fuel gauge [Re: ChrisCumbria]
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The only advantage loosing my license is that I doesn't have to worry about the fuel prices for a while :P

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#449587 - 14/07/12 10:15 AM Re: Fuel tank capacity and fuel gauge [Re: Oyvind]
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The only advantage loosing my license is that I doesn't have to worry about the fuel prices for a while :P



Start saving for petrol now

Actually, just had a good idea... Start putting money on a prepaid credit card and use that when u get your license back
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#449588 - 14/07/12 10:19 AM Re: Fuel tank capacity and fuel gauge [Re: Oyvind]
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The only advantage loosing my license is that I doesn't have to worry about the fuel prices for a while :P



how much is fuel in Norway, as ridiculous as over here??
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#449589 - 14/07/12 10:25 AM Re: Fuel tank capacity and fuel gauge [Re: ROB IS THE STIG]
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A quick scan on here shows in Norway unleaded is £1.56 per litre:

http://www.theaa.com/resources/Documents/pdf/motoring-advice/fuel-reports/june2012.pdf

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#449590 - 14/07/12 10:40 AM Re: Fuel tank capacity and fuel gauge [Re: ChrisCumbria]
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fooking hell...............
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#449591 - 15/07/12 01:05 PM Re: Fuel tank capacity and fuel gauge [Re: ROB IS THE STIG]
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Have to save for my license to :P Not exactly cheap. But I hope I only have to do the practical and theoretical exam. Not the whole lot. That would be massive £ at least 1200£ I think

How much is it in the UK? Was in Latvia 2 weeks ago and there it was around 1,1£. And that's expensive when you think of how much less they earn every working hour.

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#449592 - 15/07/12 04:49 PM Re: Fuel tank capacity and fuel gauge [Re: Oyvind]
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Here, unleaded is about £1.35/litre which equates to 12.82 NOK.
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#449593 - 15/07/12 07:48 PM Re: Fuel tank capacity and fuel gauge [Re: ChrisCumbria]
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it's a while since it was that "cheap" here. but actually have gone down in price the last months. I have a bet with friends on what the fuelprice will be when I can drive again. My bet is 16.32 NOK :P that would be around 1.71£. Hope im wrong.

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