E30 Zone

got about 50 mostly motorway miles with the fuel warning light on driving normally (80-90mph) after running my bro home last night, ran out of petrol a mile from the in-laws, which was where i was going
the strangest thing happened though, in first gear the engine revved a bit but i didnt move it was fine when i topped it up after being rescued by my sister in-law

lol i've never had my petrol light on when does it come on in relation to the needle?

I did 28 miles today with the light on, had a mate follow me for the last 5 miles as I thought it might run out! Luckily it didnt!

Sounds like you were lucky to only be a mile from your destination!

What engine do you have mate?

I fill mine up when it gets to the red but the light dont come on and it does work (I think)

carlos_320i wrote:What engine do you have mate?

I fill mine up when it gets to the red but the light dont come on and it does work (I think)

1.8 m40
my lights on more than it is off these days i usually find it comes on just before the needles in the red

I have had the car 2 weeks and it was off the red and the light was on when I picked it up so I went to get petrol and put Ԛ£20 in it and it went up to 1/4 of a tank when it got on to the red again (light not on) I put another Ԛ£20 in it and it went up to 3/4 of a tank so I am a bit confused

oh. I did about 30 miles with it below the white marker the other day.. thought i was getting low but it didnt seem to be struggling or anything

carlos_320i wrote:I have had the car 2 weeks and it was off the red and the light was on when I picked it up so I went to get petrol and put Ԛ£20 in it and it went up to 1/4 of a tank when it got on to the red again (light not on) I put another Ԛ£20 in it and it went up to 3/4 of a tank so I am a bit confused

blown bulb maybe? put Ԛ£20 in myself and that took it to a 1/4 tank, sounds like you were lucky

I will test it see how far I can go on the red untill I run out are bottel it

Unlucky ser, ive never quite had the balls to find out how far it will go

Saying that, my light always seems to be on

i've done 30 miles in my 325 with the light on! not something i do often purely for that reason!

Is it a bad/silly feeling when u run out of squirt?! i haven't done it yet but theres plenty of time!

I've put just over 61 litres in once for a 62 litre tank, so i've come close!

coldo wrote:Unlucky ser, ive never quite had the balls to find out how far it will go

Saying that, my light always seems to be on

i was half hoping you were going to pass and save the day

got a wee flash and thumbs up off the guy with the green cab yesterday too, def a zoner in the making
have you seen the black cab with 'pinas that sits in a drive on dundonald road? looks mint

err, what fuel light?

if the cost of fuel goes up any more i think a few more of us will discover we've got a fuel warning light

mine is always on, in all my cars it comes on when the needle goes off the bottom of the red.

Thats not bad at all mate. The light comes on when you have 1.3 Imp Gallons left (i think!) so on my car it would probably be about 25 miles if i were lucky. Fortunatly it has never come to that!

stevo wrote:

coldo wrote:Unlucky ser, ive never quite had the balls to find out how far it will go

Saying that, my light always seems to be on

i was half hoping you were going to pass and save the day

got a wee flash and thumbs up off the guy with the green cab yesterday too, def a zoner in the making
have you seen the black cab with 'pinas that sits in a drive on dundonald road? looks mint

Haha, im now ... "affilated" with the dude with the cab, "pube" they call him, decent fella, building a wide arched 106 at the mo' aswell, i mentioned the site to him, but hes not interested, he's trying to sell it just now

Aint saw another cab? sounds pretty tidy though, Alpinas

rare wrote:Thats not bad at all mate. The light comes on when you have 1.3 Imp Gallons left (i think!) so on my car it would probably be about 25 miles if i were lucky. Fortunatly it has never come to that!

That's about 15 miles for me .

andyp wrote:it comes on when the needle goes off the bottom of the red.

Mine too. Needle goes past the red and then the light comes on.

Aston

E30BeemerLad wrote:err, what fuel light?

um yeah, i might sound stupid, but where the heck is it?

amaank wrote:

E30BeemerLad wrote:err, what fuel light?

um yeah, i might sound stupid, but where the heck is it?

Well mine is just to the left of the red part of the fuel guage. It is black normally and then lights up as an organge square shortly after the gauge goes past the red part.

Aston

Mines comes on once its gone pf the gauge... As my speedo decided it no longer wished to work I've no idea how many miles I get.. It only seems to be about 15 which for a 318 is pretty sh1te..

my red light comes on 4-5mm left of the white line for the red. E30 petrol gauges are poo.

Most I have ever done is 26 miles with the light on!!

Nice one Stevo-get the feeling i'll be doing similar on sunday afternoon to get the wheels

well bugger me with a fish fork! I do have a fuel light, well I have foound the light, i have just never seen it on. I have run it down to the bottom line before. So where abouts does everyone's needle need to be before the light comes on as I don't fancy getting it off the gauge and running out to discover my light ain't workin

My light comes on when I go off the guage i.e under red.

In mine I can actually run the needle accross the orange light, so I know when i'm really low!

Ran out of petrol once (was kinda on purpose) had done 36 miles with the orange light on, but some of it was round town.

Once when I was travelling through wales late at night I think i did nearly 40, as all the petrol stations were closed was using every hill though.....

heres where mines comes on, you'd think i'd have learned my lesson

and so while on this subject and with that excellent picture abouve just what is 'r' supposed to stand for? missus and i can only come up with 'reserve' - which it obviously isn't.....

paul

I've always thought it was "reserve"......why is it obviously not?

stevo wrote:

coldo wrote:Unlucky ser, ive never quite had the balls to find out how far it will go

Saying that, my light always seems to be on

i was half hoping you were going to pass and save the day

got a wee flash and thumbs up off the guy with the green cab yesterday too, def a zoner in the making
have you seen the black cab with 'pinas that sits in a drive on dundonald road? looks mint

I've seen that black cab - it also often sits outside the chemist in Crosshouse. It's a minter. I think it's a 320i.

Taylor.

Zayyan wrote:I've always thought it was "reserve"......why is it obviously not?

I thoght the 'r' stood for "refuel"

Taylor.

The R stands for "REPENT"

You will do if you ignore the light

It's that or RESIDUE

Martinaston wrote:The R stands for "REPENT"

You will do if you ignore the light

It's that or RESIDUE

maybe it's 'rust' - for that's what's coming through to the engine shortly after the fuel runs out...

it's not 'reserve' as there's no reserve tank - just the single fuel tank. there's no switching to reserve like on a bike either....

paul

placey wrote:maybe it's 'rust' - for that's what's coming through to the engine shortly after the fuel runs out...

it's not 'reserve' as there's no reserve tank - just the single fuel tank. there's no switching to reserve like on a bike either....

paul

Couldn't it mean reserve even if there isn't a reserve tank? It mightn't mean reserve tank, just that you are down to the final "reserve" bit of petrol. Callled reserve because you shouldn't be relying on it to go anywhere, it's just to get you to a petrol station?

I have no idea what it stands for but I'm not convinced yet that it couldn't stand for reserve.

Aston

someone check your manual!!