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(Message started by: Butterfingers on Feb 19^th, 2006, 9:51pm)

Title: Fuel guage
Post by Butterfingers on Feb 19^th, 2006, 9:51pm

When you fill the scorpio right up to full mark, does your fuel guage go slightly off the scale at the top like on other cars? Or does it stay level at the end?

Mine stays level at the end. But on every other car I've ever owned it always goes off the scale.

Title: Re: Fuel guage
Post by Pegasus on Feb 19^th, 2006, 9:57pm

Mine never goes over the line when full

Title: Re: Fuel guage
Post by Butterfingers on Feb 19^th, 2006, 10:00pm

Thanks for that. I thought mine was cutting out too soon before full, but probably not then.

Title: Re: Fuel guage
Post by Dave on Feb 20^th, 2006, 9:37am

Same here :)

Title: Re: Fuel guage
Post by allenjames on Feb 20^th, 2006, 3:00pm

I find my fuel gauge is frighteningly accurate.

Title: Re: Fuel guage
Post by mr._floppy on Feb 20^th, 2006, 6:39pm

Never filled my fuel tank that full :o don't think my heart would take the shock of the price ;D

87.9 is the cheapest in my neck of the woods.

Title: Re: Fuel guage
Post by kskjon on Feb 20^th, 2006, 9:56pm

Mine stops right at the line when full.. But seems to show less than actual amount when getting close to empty. Red line seems to be at 15 litres or so.

Title: Re: Fuel guage
Post by Penguin on Feb 24^th, 2006, 9:31pm

The guage is accurate on mine (never goes over the line when full) but the trip computer "miles to refill" is not accurate from a full tank until the car has done about 50 miles.

Cheers

Penguin

Title: Re: Fuel guage
Post by invernessguy on Feb 28^th, 2006, 5:31am

my fuel guage never goes over the line either... sometimes takes a few mins to go right to the top? Also, who has travelled the furthest with 0 miles left on the computer? i managed 18 miles before i reached the nearest petrol station.... and every one of them was sweated out

donnie

Title: Re: Fuel guage
Post by mr._floppy on Feb 28^th, 2006, 10:43am

Not that I plan to do it but, is there a knack of starting a refuelled Scorp after it has run out of gas ?

Do the injectors have to be primed or removed or do you just caw the engine till it starts ?

Title: Re: Fuel guage
Post by Dave on Feb 28^th, 2006, 10:56am

If it is a diesel the fuel system needs to be bled free of air. Some diesels do this for you when you crank it over, others have a hand pump, others need a garage to do it. If it is petrol then just start it up again, but it may not run that great for a while as any crud lurking at the bottom of the tank will have been sucked up through the lines and injectors.