Thread: D4 fuel tank capacity with empty indication

Tombie,

We had driven non stop from Sydney on route to Perth and thought we could reach Port Pirie, which we did as I said. If I remember correctly I didn't refuel at the larger town petrol stations and when I started to run really low on fuel according to the gauge I thought we could fill up at Crystal Brook. This was closed so we had to keep going to Port Pirie. Before that we were sight seeing in some little historic towns a bit off the Broken Hill highway near Crystal Brook to use up the day light before staying the night at Port Pirie and none of these had fuel that we could find either.

My tank is reading empty after much less than 600km on the main tank. I was expecting to be able to do much more than that on 84l when I bought the car so was a bit caught out. We first fueled up in Parramatta and our next fuel was Port Pirie, which took 110l in the long range tank and about 63l in the main tank. This was only the second time I had refueled the car since I bought it in late 2011.

We did Port Pirie to Madura Pass the next day and Madura to Perth via Esperance on the third day so I it was a pretty quick and very long trip (an absolute pleasure in the D4 3l SE).

Does that make any sense to you? I can't remember much because it was a long time ago and it was my first time in the area.

I always monitor the distance as well as the fuel gauge so I can easily see any changes that may occur due to SW changes etc. My car gets close to 14l/100km under most conditions so I get around 450km useable range on the main tank between full and zero km to go (65l approx). My computer says it is doing about 12.5l/100km.

Bob

Originally Posted by Tombie

When my D4 says that DTE: 30km; mine will take about 71 litres of fuel.

Is that to the brim or when the nozzle cuts-out?
I usually refuel at around 1/4 tank and because I sometimes tow a trailer (the ute tub of the D4), the DTE calc from 1 tank to the next is quite variable for the same gauge indication.