just wondering after seeing this pic of shaggys:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v243/ ... _IMG_3.jpg

can the fuel actually get that low?

also the manual says 12gallons and mine takes 10gallons from empty!

does this mean it has one hell of a reserve or not? i never know how far to push my look with fuel!

I think the petrol gauge ( before tampered with, ie: when putting new dials in and not quite getting the needle back in the spot on place! )... the needle may drop that far, I can't really remember!

What I do know is that I've never managed to put the 'manual quoted' amount in.... even from empty! 45.... maybe 47 litres if I recall correctly.

Anyways, I measured it one day ( with the use of a full jerry can in the boot of the car! ) and when the light first came on solid, I drove until I ran out - I clocked up 60 miles! Was quite surprised and obviously I was driving reservedly.
I think its worth monitoring / measuring once in yer ownership, so you've got an idea ( obviously depends on your driving style, mods etc... ) although I don't recommend running your car to empty every tank of fuel!!

I know that since I did that, I haven't done it again .... and since then various mods, additions etc have been made and I'm sure I wouldn't get that many now, when the light comes on!

Hope that's enlightened you a little .... or at least inspired you to find out?!

ttfn Phil

[quote="fil_auto"]....before tampered with, ie: when putting new dials in and not quite getting the needle back in the spot on place! [/quote]

Something else I noticed after doing my dials and needles. I always thought that the fuel warning light recieved its info from the tank sensor but [b]NO[/b], Its the needle dropping that makes the light come on. So if you were to replace the needle a bit too far down. The light would come on with stacks of juice left........

after my orange light came on, I drove around a little, and after filling to capacity, worked out there would have been 15l of petrol left

[quote="stuartspel"][quote="fil_auto"]....before tampered with, ie: when putting new dials in and not quite getting the needle back in the spot on place! [/quote]

Something else I noticed after doing my dials and needles. I always thought that the fuel warning light recieved its info from the tank sensor but [b]NO[/b], Its the needle dropping that makes the light come on. So if you were to replace the needle a bit too far down. The light would come on with stacks of juice left........[/quote]

Interesting Stu - thanks for that!

Phil #;o)

I've noticed that as soon as the light comes on, I can fill it up and it takes 43 litres, so yes, a lot of fuel in the reserve ...

I'm not so sure guys.
The manual says 50 or 55 litre tank.
in my opinion - it defo won't take that many litres!

Whatdya think?!

[quote="fil_auto"]I'm not so sure guys.
The manual says 50 or 55 litre tank.
in my opinion - it defo won't take that many litres!

Whatdya think?![/quote]

hmm had BA¨s for 5 years now.... 3 cars to be exact hmm and the fuel/reserve has been a mystery to me hmm 5 years. my friend with an 1.8 from 97 his girlfriend drove it for 3 days on full light(reserve) and as we all no we cant get 55 litres in there once i got 46 and that’s the highest number iv seen so there must be 9 litres left but funny it the light is on when there is so much fuel left!!.

I can usually only fit about 40 litres when the light starts to show and maximum I have put in is 44 litres

ive done about 22 miles today with the light on....

I can get about 50-60 miles when the light comes on. After that to fill up I put £40 in which is about 45 litres and even then the tank isn't full. Even so the fuel guage reads slightly over full!

Don't forget the fuel tank also has a fuel filler pipe which could hold 2-3 litres. So if the tank holds a max 50 litres for example, then there is another 3 litres up to the fuel cap!!

I've actually had my car not accelerate properly due to having hardly and fuel...it took 53 litres that day...of super! ouch!

My light started coming on on Tuesday - after about 330 km's. I decided to keep going 'till she reached 400, to facilitate calculation of consumption. I filled up today with the odo on 401 km's and she took 48.6 litres - meaning there must have been about 6-7 litres left ...

My light came on at about 378km this weekend and on Sunday and I drove til I reached 438km. The car took 45.60l of fuel. The most I ever filled up my 180se's tank was about 50.22 litres, if memory serves me right. My Astina's manual indicates that my car has a 54litre tank.

For the SA Drivers
A Friendly reminder don’t drive your car under a quarter tank as you know here in SA the Fuel is not of the best standard and you will duff up your injectors from all the dirt and S@#T that’s at the bottom of your tank

Officially there's 9 litres of fuel left when the light lights on.