Red_Nic Posted January 20, 2014 Author Share Posted January 20, 2014 my fuel gauge is terrible. the other day it was screaming bloody murder at me to put some petrol in, (DTE had been on '----' for 20 miles) but i'd only done 330 miles on the tank, and my mpg reading suggested i should be good for over 400. Sure enough, when i filled up yesterday could only get 58 litres in, so still had 22 in the tank Nowadays i reset the mpg reading at every fill up, and as long as its above 26mpg i know i can do 400 miles, regardless of what the fuel guage and DTE reading may be telling me! That sounds really risky! I wouldn't dare base it on just that calculation. But I do see where u r coming from. what about the times when u put ur foot down coming out of a roundabout etc, ur calculation doesn't take that into account. I would be too scared of running out of petrol completely. That would really be an inconvenient day for me! Hehe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brillomaster Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 cant argue with maths - next time you fill up, reset the trip computer and work out your actual mpg, and then its a simple calculation to work out how far you can actually go on an 80 litre tank - assuming you drive in the same style. i find the mpg reading is pretty accurate - been ignoring the fuel gauge and dte reading for about a year now, never had a problem, as long as you reset the trip computer and mpg reading at each fill up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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