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(Message started by: garyuk on Jul 29^th, 2005, 4:45pm)

Title: fuel/readings
Post by garyuk on Jul 29^th, 2005, 4:45pm

hi all
can any one help my 2l estate is heavy on petrol plus
my petrol gauge is not working one min its half full
next is empty im only geting ruond about 23 miles to
a fiver even on along run igot 82 miles from 17 quid
plus the digital reading are not clever ilet the car run out of petrol but it was still reading 27 miles left
would it benifit the car if itook it to aford dealer to have the computor soft ware upgraded thanks
gary

Title: Re: fuel/readings
Post by scorpio_man on Jul 29^th, 2005, 4:59pm

hi garyuk and welcome

£5 of petrol is just over a gallon (i think, don't use much of it), so 23mpg is about right. you need to fill it up and get a proper reading. xx amount of miles for xx litres. lets see how you get on with that first before spending any money on other things.

we also need.....
tyre size/pressures
auto/manual
a/c on or off
model..ultima, ghia etc.

hth
http://www.fordscorpio.co.uk/consumption.htm

Title: Re: fuel/readings
Post by garyuk on Jul 29^th, 2005, 8:12pm

hi scorpio man
sorry for not putting more info its a ultima auto
tyer size are 195/65/15 allround presure is front 29 back 32 unloaded a/c is off because im not sure how much petrol it will use
cheers garyuk

Title: Re: fuel/readings
Post by scorpio_man on Jul 29^th, 2005, 8:31pm

hi there

first off, tyre pressures. i go for 31f and 28r. http://www.fordscorpio.co.uk/handbook146.gif

round about town i get 18-19mpg @ 21mph.
on a run about 29mpg (best) @ 70mph.

check everything. brakes, wheel bearings etc. have you had it serviced lately? how's the sparkplugs, etc?

give it a good look over and do the fill up and we'll see how it goes.

Title: Re: fuel/readings
Post by garyuk on Jul 30^th, 2005, 6:26pm

hi there
everythink seems in order ad servis long back
but i seem happy with it now
just got to find out why my fuel gauge not reading rite
when its nearly empty it gos half way
plus the digital reading
all would it benifit have the computor software upgraded
as some one said this might help
thanks garyuk

Title: Re: fuel/readings
Post by Snoopy on Jul 31^st, 2005, 8:41am

Have you done a system check on the dash to see if the system is working correctly..

l Switch on the ignition.
l Hold the tripmeter reset button down for at least six seconds.
l When all the symbols in the tachometer and speedometer display are visible, the self-test has been activated.
Switch off the ignition, switch it on again and observe the fuel gauge.
then switch off and on again
have read of this it might help
http://www.fordscorpio.co.uk/instreset.htm

Title: Re: fuel/readings
Post by garyuk on Jul 31^st, 2005, 1:57pm

hi
snoopy tryd the trip computor still not wright
could it be the sensor in the tank iv even let it run out of petrol and the digital readings say still got 27miles left
i am having to guess wot in the tank
cheers gary

Title: Re: fuel/readings
Post by Snoopy on Jul 31^st, 2005, 4:30pm

Do you get full scale reading when you switch back on after the reset?

Title: Re: fuel/readings
Post by garyuk on Jul 31^st, 2005, 6:58pm

hi
befor idid it was half atank did reset still half a tank
but iknow idont have that much in it the rest of the readings reset sorry to be of any trouble
istill think its the sensor but as you can i dont know alot
this lol
many thanks garyuk

Title: Re: fuel/readings
Post by Ultima_Stu on Aug 7^th, 2005, 11:05am

Sorry to hijack this one but i have had a fuel gauge that has played up for miles! Sometimes shows an accurate reading, other times just falls to the bottom (like it's been turned off) and other times inventing its own level. It's been entertaining!

I've checked it now whilst in one of it's turned off moments and got a short circuit reading. Minutes later it was reading right and showed a correct litre reading.

I assume this must be a faulty sender unit??

Any ideas.......?

Stu.

Title: Re: fuel/readings
Post by scorpio_man on Aug 7^th, 2005, 11:08am

hi there

check it's not this first....
http://www.fordscorpio.co.uk/coolanttempgauge.htm