From Panic to...Phew :)

[stevo68]

G'day All,

Some of you may have come across this before...I hadn't. I was trying to see how long I could go with the fuel light on to get an idea....passed one servo...thought could get cheaper a couple of km's up the road. Just as I pulled in, noticed the car was not running and rolled into the bowser. That was lucky I thought :). Filled up, paid the fuel, turned the key....wouldnt start :(. Now having had a car accident last week was now thinking the worst. Plus with the D3 I had LR Assist.....with this one zip. So rang RACQ to see if I could join and get someone out. Whilst being on hold got out the manual and it had instructions what to do if you ran out of fuel.

If you dont know, basically turn to start 2 for 30 secs, repeat 6 times, do it again on last go and turn all the way around and plant the pedal. Ahhhhh the sound of the diesel coming back to life :D. Panic over and off we went. Thought would share in case someone else wasn't aware. Lesson learnt, when light comes on to be on the safe side, will fill up,
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Regards

Stevo

[feral]

Well done Stevo :oops2:

I've never come close to running out of fuel because I don't really want to push nearly 2 ton of vehicle off the road.:cool:

So the question remains....how many k's did you get from when the light came on and you rolling onto the servo?

And the other question...How many litre's did it take to fill and it must have been close to $140 - $150.

When it's getting to that level of spending you are just pleading for the pump to stop.:o

[stevo68]

Well done Stevo :oops2:

I've never come close to running out of fuel because I don't really want to push nearly 2 ton of vehicle off the road.:cool:

So the question remains....how many k's did you get from when the light came on and you rolling onto the servo?

And the other question...How many litre's did it take to fill and it must have been close to $140 - $150.

When it's getting to that level of spending you are just pleading for the pump to stop.:o
__________________ Yeah I was pretty lucky for it to conk out just as I pulled into the servo and rolled to the bowser, lucky again that it was night time and no other cars in the way :). Not sure exactly but I reckon about 70kms on the light and yes about $140 odd to fill up...I didnt look to hard just got them to swipe the credit card ;),

Regards

Stevo

[29dinosaur]

In my old HK kingswood I had a habit of running out of juice - at least 5 times (guage was way out...) - and each time I'd some how manage to glide into a petrol station. hairiest one was somewhere out the back of renmark and I noticed I wasn't going to make it - saw a farm house off the road about a km of main road - drove off the highway and down this poor farmers driveway and glided managed to get to his fuel tanks and pleaded for mercy.... Country people can be so generous.... Another time I was at the top of teh Dandenongs and managed to run down the bottom after a few kms without gas and just pull into servo. At uni. I'd always manage to run into the staff petrol bowser (well not literally...)

Just don't do it with a diesel....

[Redback]

G'day All,

Some of you may have come across this before...I hadn't. I was trying to see how long I could go with the fuel light on to get an idea....passed one servo...thought could get cheaper a couple of km's up the road. Just as I pulled in, noticed the car was not running and rolled into the bowser. That was lucky I thought :). Filled up, paid the fuel, turned the key....wouldnt start :(. Now having had a car accident last week was now thinking the worst. Plus with the D3 I had LR Assist.....with this one zip. So rang RACQ to see if I could join and get someone out. Whilst being on hold got out the manual and it had instructions what to do if you ran out of fuel.

If you dont know, basically turn to start 2 for 30 secs, repeat 6 times, do it again on last go and turn all the way around and plant the pedal. Ahhhhh the sound of the diesel coming back to life :D. Panic over and off we went. Thought would share in case someone else wasn't aware. Lesson learnt, when light comes on to be on the safe side, will fill up,
'
Regards

Stevo

I have had mine run out once, and as far as i know, you should only have to do this proceedure once, then foot to the floor and start, not repeat it 6 times then start.

It's the same proceedure for replacing the fuel filter.

Baz.

[FenianEel]

Stevo,

You're a lucky boy. You can shag your fuel pump by running dry in a TD5, as I found out, thanks to a 'mate' :( that did it in mine.
When the light comes in you have 9 litres left by the way ;)

[Sly712]

I have had mine run out once, and as far as i know, you should only have to do this proceedure once, then foot to the floor and start, not repeat it 6 times then start.

It's the same proceedure for replacing the fuel filter.

Baz.

Nope, this is what is quoted in the owners manual when you run out of fuel :) It happened to me...but it killed my fuel pump :(

[stevo68]

Stevo,

You're a lucky boy. You can shag your fuel pump by running dry in a TD5, as I found out, thanks to a 'mate' :( that did it in mine.
When the light comes in you have 9 litres left by the way ;) Ahh I now have a figure and as per Sly's comments that is in the handbook to do it 6 times. Lesson learnt, wont be doing that again :angel:,

Regards

Stevo

[Fusion]

:D very lucky Stevo ..... I bet the sweat was starting to gather on the forehead till you got it going ...... well done ;) ...... and very useful info too ;)

[stevo68]

:D very lucky Stevo ..... I bet the sweat was starting to gather on the forehead till you got it going ...... well done ;) ...... and very useful info too ;)
Thanks mate and yes, a slight case of the panics starting to kick in. Moreso as I was in a nasty car accident the week before in the missus's car :

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/07/674.jpg

So to have something go wrong with this one would have been the straw that broke the camels back :mad:, plus with a newborn and no way for the missus to get to me, yes the sweat was starting to form...the bad language had already started ;). 15mins at the bowser waiting on hold with RACQ till I thought to check the hand book..and voila...happy campers again,

Regards

Stevo

[BradM]

I sadly miscalculated on a trip towing the van from Karratha to Exmouth. The light came on and lucky for a tail wind and coasting down hills.

Managed to get almost 90k with it on as I rolled into the Caltex in Exmouth where the Disco took 96 litres to fill the 95 litre tank. Yep..lucky, but hey what a powerfull, economical power plant they put in these TD5 Landrovers.

It's a pain in the pocket that it costs me $171 to fill it now.

love..em..Hate..em :)

BradM

[Lucus]

Its incredibly bad for a diesel engine to run it out of fuel. The fuel pump in a 300tdi relies on fuel to cool and lubricate it and the Unit style injector system on the TD5 uses fuel to cool and lubricate the pump AND injectors...5 seized injectors would be a nasty surprise.....:eek: I wouldnt recommend running any diesel lower than aprox 1/8 to 1/4 of a tank. Obviously the less fuel you are using for cooling the hotter the fuel stays and of course this causes the rest of your fuel system to run hotter, not to mention the crap you tend to suck up out of the tank when the fuel level gets that low........

[Blknight.aus]

Stevo,

You're a lucky boy. You can shag your fuel pump by running dry in a TD5, as I found out, thanks to a 'mate' :( that did it in mine.
When the light comes in you have 9 litres left by the way ;)

you allegedly have 9 litres left.. thats 9 useable liters theres still more in the tank that you can use but the slightest slosh or inclination will starve the pump after youve used that 9l and thats all assuming that your sender reads correctly

[Sprint]

had one of those moments at work last week, had a V8 landcruiser up on the display ramps, cranked it over for the monday morning run, left it idling, came back after cranking everything else over and thought it was a bit quiet..... checked the tacho for signs of life..... nada..... crank, no go, hit the changeover switch and she fired.....

grabbed the fuel card, jumped in and nipped across to the servo across the road and whacked some fuel in the main tank (was running on the sub tank) paid, left the servo, got 30 feet intot he back gate and the sub tank ran dry!

talk about cutting it fine! lol

[Zute]

[QUOTE=29dinosaur;736913]In my old HK kingswood I had a habit of running out of juice -

Ha ha , I had HJ Kingswood Wagon and would carry a 15litre fuel can. When the needle hit "E" the car stopped. No splutter, just stopped. Best 18 miles/gallon.:D