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Lukeis
16th July 2016, 09:15 AM
Hey guys

Is it normal for a D4 that my fuel level got all the way down to a range of 22km to go before the amber low fuel light came on?

Every car I have ever owned and specifically my land landrover (Fl2) the light came on with 100km to go, if I wasn't in Sydney at the time this could be a real issue.

Any idea how to recalibrate it?
Meken
16th July 2016, 10:42 AM
Mine comes on at about 8l left so depending on my ave fuel consumption my range varies but it's usually around 80km - so working on that theory your ave consumption must be around 40l /100km - you may need to change your driving style [emoji13]
Probably worth looking into it.
Ean Austral
16th July 2016, 11:45 AM
The manual should tell you what litres should remain when the light comes on. I would guess it's more a case of the distance to empty is incorrect rather than you only had 3 ltrs left in the tank.

How much fuel did you put in to full ? This should give you a reasonable idea of how much was left in the tank.

Cheers Ean
Tombie
16th July 2016, 06:46 PM
I've had this depending on what angle the vehicle has been sitting at with a low fuel volume.
LandyAndy
16th July 2016, 07:34 PM
I've had this depending on what angle the vehicle has been sitting at with a low fuel volume.

Listing to the right when the air compressor cant keep up Big Fella:p:p:p:p:p:p Ive had it too:):):):):):):)
Andrew
Tombie
17th July 2016, 10:50 AM
Listing to the right when the air compressor cant keep up Big Fella:p:p:p:p:p:p Ive had it too:):):):):):):)
Andrew



Hahaha!!!

Interestingly I've had the opposite issue - was once of the first things I used the GAP tool to sort. Passenger side always say marginally low...
Lukeis
17th July 2016, 06:22 PM
How many litres is the 2011 D4 tank?

I filled it up with 72.3L - very late warning
Tombie
17th July 2016, 06:35 PM
How many litres is the 2011 D4 tank?



I filled it up with 72.3L - very late warning



RTFM [emoji48] or Google. [emoji56]

For the record it's 82 litres. Not exactly late [emoji106]
LandyAndy
17th July 2016, 06:38 PM
RTFM [emoji48] or Google. [emoji56]

For the record it's 82 litres. Not exactly late [emoji106]

Who swapped the BFG's little blue pills with grumpy pills:wasntme::wasntme::wasntme:
Andrew
Lukeis
17th July 2016, 06:41 PM
Sorry gents, I was about to edit my message after I found it on google..

Not late but incorrect estimate for remaining kms then. Running average of 13/100 atm.
LandyAndy
17th July 2016, 06:44 PM
Dont be sorry,he will find his little blue tablets sooner or later;););););)
Andrew
Tombie
17th July 2016, 06:50 PM
It doesn't use the running average on its calcs - the fuel light has its own sensor - so will come on at 10l

The DTE is a rolling calculation based on a very short amount of data - so a quick blast can shorten DTE significantly.

I've left town on a drive where my DTE was higher 100km later than it was when I left...
LandyAndy
17th July 2016, 06:53 PM
Ive done the opposite with our Turbo Territory,150km to empty then a warning saying 40km to empty:):):):):)
Andrew
Tombie
17th July 2016, 06:54 PM
Dont be sorry,he will find his little blue tablets sooner or later;););););)

Andrew



Not grumpy.

Just pointing out - all the power of the Internet in the palm of people's hands and they ask a question rather than do the time honoured tradition of 'research' (In modern terms often referred to as googling [emoji6] )

It's a good skill to search for info first and ask if unable to achieve an answer..

Imagine how much Dave would save on bandwidth [emoji41]

Nothing personal at the Poster of the question [emoji3]
Meken
17th July 2016, 07:01 PM
It doesn't use the running average on its calcs - the fuel light has its own sensor - so will come on at 10l

The DTE is a rolling calculation based on a very short amount of data - so a quick blast can shorten DTE significantly.

I've left town on a drive where my DTE was higher 100km later than it was when I left...


Or switch to sand mode and watch the dte drop [emoji79]
Meken
17th July 2016, 07:03 PM
I've had my dte down to 4km when I pulled in to the servo [emoji50] still only took a bit over 72l
Tombie
17th July 2016, 08:55 PM
I've had my dte down to 4km when I pulled in to the servo [emoji50] still only took a bit over 72l



I've been in a similar situation - slightly nose down in a forecourt waiting to get to the bowser my DTE clicked to 1km...

I'm not too bothered. My gauge hasn't been accurate since crushing the tank 3 years ago..