Reply With QuoteJust on a slightly side note... how far can you/have you gone when the fuel light warning comes on? I'm trying to run down the 95 that's in my tank as much as I can before filling up with 98; currently showing 30kms to go (city driving).
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That can be worse for your car if they are constantly turning over the fuel because it disturbs the crap up at the bottom of the tanks mixing it throughout all the fuel. Its only after a day or so that it settles again. That gunk blocks up your fuel filter / pump real quick.
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Just on a slightly side note... how far can you/have you gone when the fuel light warning comes on? I'm trying to run down the 95 that's in my tank as much as I can before filling up with 98; currently showing 30kms to go (city driving).
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The light comes on when the tank is running on reserved fuel (7L) (I'm pretty sure that's what I read in the instruction manual). Depending on your L/100 you can estimate your range.
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I got mine down to 0 kms left once (don't ask!) and pulled another 15kms of hilly driving out of it!
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Geez...and I thought driving for an extra 3km with [5km] displayed was pushing it ...YOU WIN!Originally Posted by gavs
I got mine down to 0 kms left once (don't ask!) and pulled another 15kms of hilly driving out of it!
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I got mine down to 0 kms left once (don't ask!) and pulled another 15kms of hilly driving out of it!
Last edited by Hail22; 16-04-2013 at 04:39 PM.
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At least VW fuel gauges actually count down to zero. The one in mum's Megane gets to 60 km range left, then goes straight to '---' so you can only guess how far you can drive haha.I got mine down to 0 kms left once (don't ask!) and pulled another 15kms of hilly driving out of it!
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It's generally advisable to avoid continually running the tank low, as fuel is used to cool and/or lubricate components of the fuel system.
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Saw 5th gear yesterday with an interesting piece about premium vs cheap fuel.
Results done with Golf 6 GTI ed. 35 on both dyno and road test.
fuels tested were BP 95, BP 98, V-power, Esso 98, and the cheapest they could find (some unknown brand)
Winner was V-power with 240.6 hp or so, loser was the cheapest brand, with 235 hp..
During hard driving on road test just slightly noticable, so I'm willing to bet none of us will ever notice anything other than the placebo effect
vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0K5UlmrmZc
Last edited by PoloDave; 16-04-2013 at 09:02 PM.
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Australia is fortunate that the cost difference between 95 and 98 is only 5 Australian cents per litre.
The average difference in Europe used to be more like between 10~15 Australian cents per litre (before the Australian dollar gained so much strength) depending on the country - I'd bet a lot less people in Oz would be willing to pay for 98 if the difference was as great.
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