who has no petrol

[l1ukeRS]

im hoping ive got enuf to get home, my gauge is sat as if the ignition aint even on, any1 else on the red light for the home journey?
shit thread but im bored at work

[Clouds_mate]

i was on the red light this moning before starting my 35mile driving. went near my petrol station and saw it had dropped another 3p over night so i went in and fulled the tank up ;)

[babers]

how far you got to go. never let mine go on the red dont trust it. ran out of petro in macdondals drive throw once lol

[CampDavid]

have a full brimmed tank of 100RON German V power in the Saxo. A quarter a tank of tesco value in the 106. It has a VTR engine, 95RON is all it deserves

[amy_1]

i've got my light on for the journey home, it came on this morning on the way to work, but i only have three miles to get back so it will get me there!

[l1ukeRS]

lol i once did 55 miles on the petrol light then ran out in the hills in wales, my mates had to drive a further 60 mile round trip to bring me a gerry can and 3 2ltr coke bottles full of fuel, mom aint gon b impressed ive ran her diesel down to nout tho :P

[AdamW]

Is it really that healthy to let the car run out of fuel?

[Barry123]

no not really
but wont do any major damage unless its a common occurance.

I think its worse for a derv as the fuel is also a lube for the engine bits and pieces, therefore if you're out of fuel you start to cause a nice bit of wear...

[AdamW]

Thought so.....

[l1ukeRS]

b alrite 4 the trusty landrover engine, like driving a tank tho compared to me sax

[Barry123]

yeah should have thought a little bit more about what i just said...

If its out of fuel the engine doesnt run therefore no wear rah rah.
easy mistake

[CampDavid]

runnning out damages the cat mostly. It also can decompress a common rail injection system on dervs and make petrol engines run lean, causing them to go bang.

You'll be fine though :);)

[mike_obuk]

my petrol gauge wont go lower than just above an empty tank and the light has never come on - coz its broken! lol.

gotta keep a close eye on the amount of miles i do before filling up!

[Leo]

My old man says should never let it get low because you get all the shit from bottom of tank in the pipes n engine! thats a point im on red best fill up

[David]

Yeah I don't think mine even has a light tbh...

[Mystic]

I wish i had somthing to put petrol in :(
might go to the petrol station on the way home n pretend i have a car to fill up :(

[Daniel_VTR]

Never :P

Thanks to my Petrol card

[CampDavid]

My old man says should never let it get low because you get all the shit from bottom of tank in the pipes n engine! thats a point im on red best fill up

Its a bit of a myth that running it low on fuel is always a bad thing, damage can only occur if you run it right out.

If you run it right to the bottom of the tank you generally get all of the cack from the bottom of the fuel tank going through into the system for the last few miles. This is only a problem if you keep the tank topped up for ages and allow the amount of junk in the tank to build up then send it through all at once, even then your fuel filter should pick it up.

[CampDavid]

Yeah I don't think mine even has a light tbh...

My girlfriends fiesta doesn't. I found that out when I ran out of fuel and blocked the exit at work at 5:29 on a friday afternoon. I looked well cool

[S34MER]

i've got my light on for the journey home, it came on this morning on the way to work, but i only have three miles to get back so it will get me there!


Lazy git, 3 miles, why don't ya walk the excercise will do you good! :D:

[SaxOmniaC]

have a full brimmed tank of 100RON German V power in the Saxo. A quarter a tank of tesco value in the 106. It has a VTR engine, 95RON is all it deserves

how do you find out what RON your putting in? read something bout this before.

i use bp and they got standard and ultimate unleaded but i cant find what RON they are

[SaxOmniaC]

double post, sorry

[saxodan]

Got about a quater of a tank! Should get me to work tommorow and around for the weekend, will fill her up for college on monday though as i get me petrol money of the rents lol :D:

[hesslevtr]

how do you find out what RON your putting in? read something bout this before.

i use bp and they got standard and ultimate unleaded but i cant find what RON they are


most say on the pump itself

i have just before the red i think

[SaxOmniaC]

so more RON the better then?

[hesslevtr]

yes but i dont think your going to notice it in a saxo unless its hevely modified

[Barry123]

not really...

on newer engines there is the potential for improvements
but on the saxo TU engines the benefits a very minimal.

The saxo engine can run on 95RON but they recommend 97RON anymore and you're wasting your cash

RON
Research Octane Number

[Connor_scotland]

i just put £10 in on the way home from work

[Hazza17]

you should never let the orange/ red light come on ATALL!! does not do you engine any good!!

i always aim for half a tank and never below!! lol

[Barry123]

Oh and if you want the real geeky answer to what RON is...
(I dont care if you dont)

Basically the RON number is given to petroleum based fuel and other which describes the amount of energy required to cause the BANG.
Higher the RON number the higher the energy required to cause the bang.

by the way has nothing to do with MORE power.
thats a different ball park all together.

[Martsax]

Oh and if you want the real geeky answer to what RON is...
(I dont care if you dont)

Basically the RON number is given to petroleum based fuel and other which describes the amount of energy required to cause the BANG.
Higher the RON number the higher the energy required to cause the bang.

by the way has nothing to do with MORE power.
thats a different ball park all together.
Someone read that in Fast car magazine few issues back...it said that...:P

[Luke]

My fuel guage is just above red and I have £150 for 3 weeks to last, so I think it's one full tank and I'll have to watch it then.

I always let my go into red for about 30 miles (ish). Nothing wrong with it doing it, whats it going to do? Never bothered my car.

[Barry123]

Someone read that in Fast car magazine few issues back...it said that...:P

please. you only have to see my other posts to realise im a geek and dont read Fast car or whatever.

[Barry123]

My fuel guage is just above red and I have £150 for 3 weeks to last, so I think it's one full tank and I'll have to watch it then.

I always let my go into red for about 30 miles (ish). Nothing wrong with it doing it, whats it going to do? Never bothered my car.

Build up of algae... no shit... algae can form in a fuel tank, more common on cars left with fairly empty tanks for long periods of time. Anyway that can work its way into the fuel system.

[James]

RON? hmmm he sounds cool...

I just go to a petrol station and put money in... i dont start checking out a man named ron! lol

[Barry123]

good one cloud...

[Luke]

The Westcoast was always fine and VTR has been too, but I'm slightly concerned with how the VTR is running - fuel seems shit lately.

[Barry123]

fuel from the pump seems shite or engine gobbling a bit too much?

[Luke]

I think shes drinking too much, seems much more than when I first got her.

[liam_b]

be for i got the saxo my brother ran it on red light for about a year just put a fiver in when ever he could only time i didnt see it on red is when he was on a hill lol

[Barry123]

the usual...
tyre pressures
driving style
change in driving habits
remember you were doing a lots of motorways miles on the car when you first got it, might be doing so much now
checked engine oil
Have you put a shitty induction kit on it?

[saxx]

heavy foot id expect! ive had to seriously change my driving style to get anywhere near what my saxo did mpg wise


my red light comes on 1/4 tank but i never let her get that low anymore........

[Luke]

I don't have an heavy foot anymore.

I think tyre pressures could do with checking and yeah, it's mostly town driving now anyways. I need to start gearing down more though, thats an habit I have grown out of..

[Barry123]

too low is just as bad as being too high

[Luke]

I'll get pressures checked tomorrow.

[MrBirdPoo]

Surely the fuel filter prevents the crap getting in as long as it's being replaced when needed.

[Barry123]

Surely the fuel filter prevents the crap getting in as long as it's being replaced when needed.
it can get blocked...
the filter isnt invincible.

a blockage even small can cause a pressure drop past the filter...

[kcsaxo]

i fill my car up as soon as it gets below 1/4 tank. saw the red light come on once and never again!

[Danadaman_3]

I usually go through about £20 - 30 a week, judging by everyone else that seems quite bad. but i have just cured my heavy foot aswell. Tried driving between about 1800 and 2800 revs for a few days and MPG was a dream so my lightweight foot is staying like!! :thumbup: iv used half as much as normal already this week! :)

let mine go into red before i consider filling. half a tank is all mine ever gets, iv only ever once been over half a tank when i went to alton towers a few week back.

[kcsaxo]

proper ghetto boy! fill the thing up :)

[noxtioN]

Was on the Red on the way home, only have a few miles so all is good :)

Will fill it up a tad tomorrow!

[Baz]

why fill it to the top? use more petrol that way :P in like Danadaman all it gets is £10-£20 after about 10 miles of red light driving lol

[jezpick]

im on a red light! eeek! and im skint! think i'll be walking!

[Yates]

she put money in the car last nite, how nice is that!

didnt need it tho so have no idea why she did...

[lambinator]

if ur gonna put the tank on reserve when u next fill up put sum redx in it as well, helps break up the gunk and makes ur car run smoother.

i always get it on the red light, stops gunk building up and less weight better accerlation :p

[saxx]

if ur gonna put the tank on reserve when u next fill up put sum redx in it as well, helps break up the gunk and makes ur car run smoother.

i always get it on the red light, stops gunk building up and less weight better accerlation :p


wont be good acceleration if your engine goes bust though



polo was mistreated by previous owner, lots of pennies spent on it!

[Yates]

why would the engine go bust? as long as petrols in its fine, if its red light or not

[Barry123]

Fuel Filter.

Isnt just for show

[saxx]

if u permanently run crap through your engine it will do long standing damage

may not notice it now but in the long run you will

[Barry123]

you shouldn't have crap permanently in the fuel though?

[saxx]

bottom of petrol tank = gunk

empty tank = gunk at bottom

running on empty tank = gunk going through system

and knowing the fisrt class quality good froms citroen i doubt the fuel filter will do very much to stop it

[Yates]

yeah but if you redline it each time you are using up all the petrol, so you wont get all the gunk at the bottom of the tank, plus as Ads says theres the fuel filter, its there to do a job

[CampDavid]

A load of crap in here:)

If you run it empty it picks up the crap at the bottom of the tank. This is only really a problem if you keep it above half a tank for agggggggggggeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesssssssssssssss and then let it drop, even then it probably won't be an issue.

Much more important is to renew filters regularly, use good fuel from a busy forecourt (fuel goes off if its left standing, gets water in it, not good) and maintain the car well.

I always drop mine to sod all, never been a problemn and looking inside my engine its in pretty top nick at the moment considering the work its done

[CampDavid]

bottom of petrol tank = gunk

empty tank = gunk at bottom

running on empty tank = gunk going through system

and knowing the fisrt class quality good froms citroen i doubt the fuel filter will do very much to stop it

Citoen don't make fuel filters. They are made by third partys, same as all other manufacturers

[Yates]

David - Your great :clapping: :clapping:

[Scott]

common myth that running low on petrol will drag rubbish into the engine, hence why a fuel filter is fitted, regular changing of the filter will prevent it getting clogged and any drop in pressure but no crap can really get to the engine. Most crap in the engine is normally from carbon deposits due to combustion blah blah

[CampDavid]

David - Your great :clapping: :clapping:

:oops: I try :)