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Went to westward ho today in Devon and had a great time until I drove home, had to do the whole journey (212 miles) on quarter of a tank -_- about 20 miles away from home it decided to start spluttering and picking up speed by itself and had noo power at all. So had to pull into a service station and wack a tenner in which only just got it off red.
Needless to say it scared me haha first time I've been in this situation. And to make matters worse my fuel gauge needle is in the wrong place. Red light comes on when it's about halfway between red and quarter of a tank.
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Don't run it that low, you'll pull through shit from the bottom of the tank, and pulling air will damage both fuel pumps. Plus, it's illegal to drive on a motorway knowing you have to stop. Basically, don't do any of that shit.
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(25-08-2014, 03:45 PM)THE_Liam Wrote: Don't run it that low, you'll pull through shit from the bottom of the tank,
Lol thats a myth mate. Where does the fuel come from even when the tank is full? The bottom. The pump has a gauze over it to stop it from dragging any big crap through (that could damage the pump) then you have the fuel filter for all the much finer stuff.
THE_Liam Wrote:and pulling air will damage both fuel pumps. Plus, it's illegal to drive on a motorway knowing you have to stop. Basically, don't do any of that shit.
That however is true. Run a pump dry and it will over heat and seize.
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I've ran my 306's out of fuel 8 times now.
I'd say be careful because it gets old, but to be honest, it was never fun. I was miserable each time.
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try driving a car with out a working fuel gauge and water temp gauge, that you had bought. I was worried as I didn't know how much fuel was left in, luckly for me, It had a full tank in and it just say 12 quid to top it up.
got home with out a bother. That was from Manchester to sunderland.
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This reminds me, must add changing fuel filter to my list of things to do!
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