Thread: Ltr left when fuel light comes no td5

95 Litres by memory but I cant remember how much usable.

I have a over 85 ltr in mine several times before.

95 litre tank, and I have put up to 92 litres (would not want to push luck much further). Light comes on with around 5-8 litres remaining.

Is the new pump genuine or patern.

Some cheapos need the float wire bending to read correctly

I would be happy with light coming on at 80 litres. Having 12-15 litres to go is a good buffer as you know you are good for at least another 100kms. But yes it can bend and even constant over filling can change the float position. Good practice to also reset trip meter when filling - I typically refill based on km's and it is only if needle is dropping faster than normal when I am driving harder and need to refill earlier.

Takes a lot of patience to get the tank full so I would check a few times to see if the light comes on at the same point, and also take note of the needle position each time.

Yeah Matt I've run mine on the fuel light a few times and its only filled say 80L. Although there was the time I ignored the fuel light and the RAC had to bring me $20 of juice. I haven't inspected my fuel pump / float level, but like others have mentioned I usually check the mileage, fill it to the top and try to find an average of how far a tank goes.

Ben.

Getting used to new fuel reading as it stays full for first 150 km. The pump is a VDO. Will check the next refill from as soon a the light comes on looks like I have a bit left though.

I once put in 93.8 litres coming into Perth from Hyden.
I think some of the litres were sweat as I climbed and climbed through the National Park with NOTHING resembling a Service station until I got over the top, and it was the cheapest diesel in Perth.
Regards Philip A

Originally Posted by mattg

Getting used to new fuel reading as it stays full for first 150 km.

Same here, reads full for at least the first 150km, and then drops 1/8th of a tank every 100 kms. Makes estimating range to go easy!