Weird at the fuel pump yesterday

[DamoVTS]

I was there filling up the old girl, and it stopped at 35litres thinking its fulll :s

Anyways i keep going, ever few seconds it clicks to say its full, :s Considering i was in the deep red yesterday i thought this cant be right
In the end i got 41litres in....

Anyone know why saxo's click so early? my mates does it too

[Lee_P]

i think its the pipe going to the tank doesnt get the fuel there quick enuf so it makes the pump think its full

[Quick]

Air lock - fuel going in faster than air coming out!

[DamoVTS]

Air lock - fuel going in faster than air coming out!

best way to solve this? just do it slowly?

[David]

Just wait a few secs...?

[Robb]

ive never actually had the bottle to keep going till it says its full.

could probably put about £55 in from empty.

[Tupps]

Don't know how much mine holds.... probably about £60

[Karl]

Dont think the Saxos ever been over half a tank tbh.

Weight saving ftw menz.

[Hanuman]

i only ever top up full now in the mondy, created a spread sheet so i can work out cost / mpg constantly. i fill up about 40+miles into the petrol light coming on when its on empty and fill it FULL and still only manage to put in 49litres out of the 58.5 it holds, also i did a motorway run and knew THEORETICALLY what i could get, so i risked it i was on empty for 70miles, and went just below the empty line i filled up knowing i must have 2litres odd left, filled up and still ended up having 8 litres left. altho im guessing as its diesel it does it to deter you from running out as that spossidly knackers the engine

i normally end up with 50 odd litres for like 55£ shocking

[DamoVTS]

i only ever top up full now in the mondy, created a spread sheet so i can work out cost / mpg constantly. i fill up about 40+miles into the petrol light coming on when its on empty and fill it FULL and still only manage to put in 49litres out of the 58.5 it holds, also i did a motorway run and knew THEORETICALLY what i could get, so i risked it i was on empty for 70miles, and went just below the empty line i filled up knowing i must have 2litres odd left, filled up and still ended up having 8 litres left. altho im guessing as its diesel it does it to deter you from running out as that spossidly knackers the engine

i normally end up with 50 odd litres for like 55£ shocking

Saxo's have 45 litre tanks i think, says that in the haynes manuel and on a few sites

[Sean]

yup 45 litres, 40l plus 5l reserve

[Hanuman]

my comment isnt about a sax tho mate it says that at the start

[Hughey]

I was amazed how far I got with it in the red when I was skint before payday. Managed to carry on slightly past the bottom of the line.

[Barry123]

I got 51 litres in mine and a receipt to prove it.

yes I'm cool in real life

[Vix]

mine used to do it too...weird

[kylie]

mine does the same quite alot too.

[Jackman]

The 205 does exactly the same.

Aggravating as funk.

[Mugello]

I got 51 litres in mine and a receipt to prove it.

yes I'm cool in real life

51 litres thats a fair bit for a saxo!

and yeah the fuel is going into fast for it to go down, take it slow or just wait a bit :P

mugello

[evans1089]

how many miles can you do on reserve then? (red light)

[MikeCracknell]

There are SOME saxo's with smaller tanks (we had this discussion couple of years ago) some were fitted with a 40 litre system.....

[d4r3n]

only ever had £41 quid in from red in mine and it was full, dont bother filling it up to top all time just keep it above 1/4 mark so i no i got fuel if need be.

daz.

[Luke]

Had same problem when I had the VTR - most I managed was 43 litres.

307 takes £65 to fill up.

[SaxoJamie]

Mine stopped filling at 38 litres today and that was after driving along with the fuel light on for a good 10 miles

[d4r3n]

i filled my dads vts up aswell and that only managed 41-42 litres so dont know how any one is getting like 55 pound to fill it lol ??

daz.

[VTR_Dan_VTS]

I Can Never Get More Than £36 In My Vts

[Kelly]

It is definitely air lock or whatever cos mine clicked when I only put £20 in and the tank was almost empty. God its so frustrating cos you just wanna hurry up and you cant