E30 Zone

just wanted to know the approx range after the red light comes on?

feeling to play a little petrol game with the car, lol
its a 316i

This isn't a pint of worthingtons. Play the game and you'll suck sediment, rust and the rest into the filter!

yeah i know, used to full tank it but i cant as i think theres a hole in the top of the tank, goes down to half after about 70miles, need to change the tank, first time ive hit the low end i drive more eco when ive got a low tank anyway, just want to know the range after red....

ive got a 316i and have drove 21 miles on the red till i found a petrol station ,steady driving doing 70 all the time.

My light never comes on and the most I've ever put in is 48 liters so either its less than 2 litres (15 miles max) or maybe my light bulb is fooked

70? playing games on a motorway thats brave lo l !

bpowell555 wrote:My light never comes on and the most I've ever put in is 48 liters so either its less than 2 litres (15 miles max) or maybe my light bulb is fooked

You should have the 63L tank so you have never run it below 15L

IIRC it is about 7-8L on reserve so maybe 30 miles for a 6 pot, fuel light bingo is never a good idea though...

stonesie wrote:

bpowell555 wrote:My light never comes on and the most I've ever put in is 48 liters so either its less than 2 litres (15 miles max) or maybe my light bulb is fooked

You should have the 63L tank so you have never run it below 15L

IIRC it is about 7-8L on reserve so maybe 30 miles for a 6 pot, fuel light bingo is never a good idea though...

... really? The fuel guage is well past the red at this point, going off the guage, I thought it was a 50 liter tank?

Should I put a can in the back then and wait and see if the light comes on

ive never ever had a problem with running a car low and sucking sediment or rubbish . maybe im lucky .

owners manual says: 316i has a 57 litre tank, and light comes on with approx 6 litres left, so if you're getting 30mpg that's 39miles before you're walking...

Fnck, there you go... 62 litre tank...
http://www.e30zone.net/e30zonewiki/inde ... March_1990

bpowell555 wrote:

stonesie wrote:

bpowell555 wrote:My light never comes on and the most I've ever put in is 48 liters so either its less than 2 litres (15 miles max) or maybe my light bulb is fooked

You should have the 63L tank so you have never run it below 15L

IIRC it is about 7-8L on reserve so maybe 30 miles for a 6 pot, fuel light bingo is never a good idea though...

... really? The fuel guage is well past the red at this point, going off the guage, I thought it was a 50 liter tank?

Should I put a can in the back then and wait and see if the light comes on

If it's the car in your avatar (the touring) then you'll have the larger tank. I've had three E30s in varying states of repair and the fuel light has worked on all of them nomatter what the gauge said. I think most people on here have had the same experience. There are very few threads asking about the fuel light that don't end up with the owner findout out that it is indeed working. (the rest are run over on the motorway when refuelling on the hard shoulder)

Having recently replaced my fuel tank, I have finally let the fuel warning light come on. Numerous receipts for crud-clogged fuel filters prior to this swap were something of an encouragement for the expenditure!

My OBC states a remaining fuel range of approximate 40 miles when the light comes on (325i), but even with a new, shiny tank, I bottled it when the remaining range was given as approx 15 miles.

These figures are of course dependent on driving speed / style.

My advice is to not let your tank run dry, purely because of how much it costs to fill a virtually empty E30 tank! Cost me over £60!

bmw9818 wrote:70? playing games on a motorway thats brave lo l !

very useful reply,really helped to answer the question not.
some of us have kids and do tend to keep in the speed limit.

bluey wrote:

bmw9818 wrote:70? playing games on a motorway thats brave lo l !

very useful reply,really helped to answer the question not.
some of us have kids and do tend to keep in the speed limit.

? i said your brave because your going on the motorway with low petrol, not about your speed,

bmw9818 wrote:

bluey wrote:

bmw9818 wrote:70? playing games on a motorway thats brave lo l !

very useful reply,really helped to answer the question not.
some of us have kids and do tend to keep in the speed limit.

? i said your brave because your going on the motorway with low petrol, not about your speed,

ah i c, i forgot to fill up and was in a rush,didnt notice my petrol till the light came on and the closest garage was 21 miles down the road,

my light must be broke it has never came on in nearly 3 years ive owned the car. i didnt even know there was a light.

your justy not running it low enough.mines comes on half way down the red.

31mpg!!!!! That was including some traffic - 314 miles and I put in 46.2 litres oh yes

I reckon to get to the light, I'd be past the red mark, past the little white line after it and into thin air, then it would hit the light and turn that on. I might give it a go since I've never gone over 48 litres. At 31mpg I could get a range of almost 450 miles

Hypermiling on the M25 == sticking to 70

bpowell555 wrote:Fnck, there you go... 62 litre tank...
http://www.e30zone.net/e30zonewiki/inde ... March_1990

Not to sure all the info is correct here.

Copied the below from the Wiki, I thought all tourings had rear discs.



320i Touring: RRP £17,330

* Front disc brakes; rear drum brakes
* Twin sleeve gas-pressure shock absorbers
* De-chrome
* Sports steering wheel
* Alloy wheels (6J x 14)
* Check/control system
* Halogen front fog lights
* Headlight cleaning system

No I think that's right, the 325 also has the bigger front struts?

psychochild187 wrote:ive never ever had a problem with running a car low and sucking sediment or rubbish . maybe im lucky .

run a car low regularly and it'll limit how much builds up in there, it'll be pulled through and trapped gradually over time in the fuel filter which is a service item. the problem comes when somone with a rotten tank who never has less than 1/4 of a tank suddenly runs out and the pump trys to pull all 20 years of crap though in one go.

personally i think there's quite a lot of bullcrap in it too, unless fuel pumps magically only suck fuel from the top of the tank the natural flow and sloshing around of fuel when driving should keep things pretty mixed up anyway.

Filled my touring yesterday,the low fuel light had been on for about 5 miles.
Took 52.26 litres (£59!)to the pump cutting and 'rounding up' to the nearest £.So in theory I had almost 10 litres left in the tank,or about 70 miles at 30mpg....in practice,and I have had the blisters to prove this,this car will go no further than 30 miles with the light on,so I reckon that the pump fails to pick up the last gallon or so!
For anyone interested,the thing had run 378 miles from the previous fill-up,that's 32.78mpg overall....

daimlerman wrote:Filled my touring yesterday,the low fuel light had been on for about 5 miles.
Took 52.26 litres (£59!)to the pump cutting and 'rounding up' to the nearest £.So in theory I had almost 10 litres left in the tank,or about 70 miles at 30mpg....in practice,and I have had the blisters to prove this,this car will go no further than 30 miles with the light on,so I reckon that the pump fails to pick up the last gallon or so!
For anyone interested,the thing had run 378 miles from the previous fill-up,that's 32.78mpg overall....

thats pretty good mpg, ive got around 250 off my tank think i can improve on that, but ive allready got 60miles off the last quarter keeping it under 1.5k all the time, red light still hasnt come on!

I jumped into mine last weekend tried to start it and it would start and cut out straight away so stuck a bit of fuel in and started and ran no problem... the light wasnt on so im guessing the light has packed up or the guage aint working right
But i think you have about 6 litres from when the light comes on

my old touring 325i did 32-36 miles round town with the light on before it physically ran out. yep i did it twice just to check. had full can of fuel on me both times. so a safe bet would be no more than 25 miles.

do all e30's have lights on petrol warning?

never seen it on mine, and it has been low, thought as its a 316 it wouldnt have one??

S

But not good, as said before all tthe s h it in the tank will get carried through to the filter.
Is it really worth the trouble??/??

Mine has an orange warning light. The book says I can get 30 more miles, but tbh I've usually filled it up before then.

I've ran out of petrol once in the middle of the country side, went with my mates to get some fuel, put it in and the car ran really rough for a few miles, but cleared itself eventually.

My advice, don't run it to the wire.

For reference, my bingo light doesn't come on in either my 318i or 325i until the needle has been bottomed out for about 10-20 miles.

yeah my one still hasnt come on, its hitting the bottom end, done about 100 miles off the last quarter which is pretty good

i had to fit a new tank when i bought mine. gauranteed no sh1t in it.