i hope e30 ownership is not gunna be like this

[333i]

i ran out of petrol tonight in a proper bad place on my way to the petty station because i went round a bend and the light flickered so i thought 'i got time to get to the shell near me' anyway the light didnot reappear and splutter splutter poof and im out of fuel god damm it

oh and i know i know i should have filled her up wen it got to 1/4 full and dont trust a 22 yearold fuel gauge lol
bitching over

[Dezzy]

Yeh you should have had time. I have at least 20 miles from when my light comes on and stays on.

[333i]

it flickered but then didnt cum on and stay on i was well worryed about leaving my car at like 12;30am down a dark road

[grantfk10]

it flickered but then didnt AKA gooey stuff on and stay on i was well worryed about leaving my car at like 12;30am down a dark road

Pardon?

[Dezzy]

Arr it been a while but go on then. Pardon?

[Felix79]

Normally the guage should have been well on the red area before the light comes on. It's not down to the car being crap that it ran out of fuel. You have admitted already you should have petrol in earlier.

[Z3I]

If your car was a 2009/10 example that would be a fair bitch, but its probably not wise to trust a 20 odd year old tank/fuel system/sender to perform the same. Bottom of the tank could be full of all sorts of crap, bits of rust etc. Treat the 1/4 full mark as absolte empty.

[333i]

whoopsy hopefully it hasnt sucked up too much crap then

[Cypriotgeeza]

Check the back of the clocks for the nut being tight on the fuel and temp gauges!

my one kept showin half a tank..then empty...then half a tank..then empty..

took the clocks off and low and behold NO nut on the back!

[iceox]

i think you might be in for a shock when you try and restart it. i ran out of fuel the other week and had to get a new fuel filter, fuel pump and replace half the flexy fuel lines (and jubilee clips) becuase they were foooked

[Jesus325iTouring]

On the other side of the coin,my Touring is consistently low on petrol and i've ran out more times than I care to remember,in 8 years I've only replaced the in tank pump once,and that failed due to corrosion,i've never replaced any other part of the fuel system and covered 105,000 miles
I think it's a bit of a phallacy that crap gets sucked up through everything if you run out,there is of course a gauze on the bottom of the pump to prevent this and further filters to remove particles.

[333i]

filled up and running fine lol

[Jesus325iTouring]

I thought it might

[Droog]

S'funny, I also seem to run my touring a lot on the red light!
I get exactly 25 miles when the petrol light is solidly lit
I did of course find that figure out the hard way, having previously just owned a car that gave me about 50 miles in the red!! I know it's not good for the car to do it! I'm a Bad, bad, naughty person...

[Gortour]

Never run mine out, but have run it on the fuel light several times, get at least 15 miles before I chicken out... lol

[mc_hawkings24]

never done it didnt know there was a fuel light

i did 160 miles on 30quid today and that was just under the white marker line on a 318is.
crap?

[Gortour]

You would be very surprised how low the needle goes before the light comes on

[e30topless]

I have never gone below 1/4 of a tank..

[iceox]

my lights stays on all the time

[TouringTash]

'i hope e30 ownership is not gunna be like this'

It will if you don't keep your fluids sorted.

[Jesus325iTouring]

OK,here's how mine spends most of it's life,note the car is running so the guage is where it should be.

Pick one is 30 minutes ago before I picked my son up,and pick two is when I arrived home,note the mileage differnce.

My fuel light gave up the ghost a long time ago!






Now thats running the gauntlet!

[danbear]

Doesn't the fuel pump pick fuel up from the bottom of the tank anyway? So surely running it low shouldn't matter.... should it? Correct me if i'm wrong

[Taz]

only scrubbers drive on reserve....keepin it half tank full always is way forward

[mc_hawkings24]

better to burn out than fade away!!!!!

[TouringTash]

and how much does half a tank of fuel weigh?

[a8dyc]

1kg per litre...........................dont quote me on it though.

[magpie]

You would be very surprised how low the needle goes before the light comes on

i hate this moment,more tax vicar

[magpie]

and how much does half a tank of fuel weigh?

half as much as a full one.

[TouringTash]

and how much does half a tank of fuel weigh?

half as much as a full one.

But how can it as half a tank of fuel has the remainder filled with air.

[e30topless]

and how much does half a tank of fuel weigh?

half as much as a full one.

[magpie]

and how much does half a tank of fuel weigh?

half as much as a full one.

But how can it as half a tank of fuel has the remainder filled with air.

so that'll be half as much then tashy?

[TouringTash]

nope magpie, looks like its back to school for you.

[magpie]

skool?

try changing one

[Boyraceruk]

I've never run out but I've had the serious shakes a couple of times before coasting into a forecourt. I can tell when it's getting close because my fuel pump changes pitch.

[Morat]

1kg per litre...........................dont quote me on it though.

Petrol is lighter than water and according to That Which Is Never Wrong (wikipedia) it ranges from 0.71 to 0.77 kg/l so... taking 0.75 as a handy medium the fuel in a full 62 litre tank weighs 46.5kg.