When your red fuel light comes on....

[Ice_VTR]

Peeps, I noticed that the red part of the gauge on a VTR covers almost quarter of the tank - when the actual RED light comes on anyone know ROUGHLY how many miles u av left until it actually dies? (based on average driving not motorway)

Cheers

[Recovery]

30 miles, maybe slightly less

[Baz]

your ment to get around 40 miles or so

[Tupps]

You can run for around 10 miles on fumes cant you?

Just a rumour i remember hearing around a year back?

[CampDavid]

I pushed it to about 45 miles of eco driving once. Got 47 litres into the tank, implying that i was onto the fumes

[CampDavid]

You can run for around 10 miles on fumes cant you?

Just a rumour i remember hearing around a year back?

Nope, you can't go anywhere on fumes. You can empty the tank out and still move as there will be some in the fuel filter/pipes etc

[Connor_scotland]

i got 41mile to the petrol station today with the red light on
i gave my mum a shot of my car yesterday she asid to me last night that i had a qaurter tank sat in the car this morning to go to work and the light came on coming out of my drive lol

so 41 miles driving at 55mph

[Alexm]

I wouldn’t advise driving about on the red a lot lol dragging up all the shite of the day

[Recovery]

It costs a bomb to get your fuel pipes gutted, wouldn't advise it myself, big job..

[Connor_scotland]

aye a no i was raging lol

[Tupps]

Running your fuel really low constantly can damage the cat?

And clog the engine with Sh!te

[Connor_scotland]

thanks god i aint got a cat no more :-)

[Scott]

Thats what your fuel filter is for, to stop shite getting in.

On the vtr it came on with 5 litres of fuel left which would get me 50/60 miles.

On my vts it comes on with about 13 litres of fuel left which might get me 80/90/100 depending

[CampDavid]

http://www.saxperience.com/forum/showthread.php?p=638178#post638178

[Recovery]

aye a no i was raging lol

haha fair enough mate

[Mystic]

manual says light comes on at 4 litres left i think.

[Luke]

I got 45 miles once with the red light.

[williamsvts]

i have done 64 miles of 'spirited' drving with red light on. anyone at kames will tell the the drive back to castle douglas was 'enthusiastic' and i drove all teh way back on the petrol light as wanted to get to shell garage :P

[liamk15]

Running your fuel really low constantly can damage the cat?



And the RSPCA wont be happy!

[James]

The only time i ever drive with the red light is when i have to.. simply because there isent a station near by... No point in running the car on crap.. will haunt you in the future. So i honestlly cant say how many miles i get..

[S34MER]

my lights orange! :fcuk: maybe i have one of the limited edition saxo's!! YES, GET IN!!

[williamsvts]

they are supposedly the 130bhp models.

[S34MER]

oooohhh treat me!

[Mystic]

nothin adds 10 bhp like some orange LEDs :D:

[Connor_scotland]

nothin adds 10 bhp like some orange LEDs :D:

well i have to argue this one out as i had the red ones an didnotice my acceleration was a bit better but lost some top end lol

[Mitchell]

i run mine down wayy past the orange light all the time. aint done shit, your all too paranoid.

[potatopete]

I set off for work yesterday with light on. 12 miles to work. Then did delivery at about 11am - light had gone off! Drove to boatyard where I store my dinghy, light came back on. Did an hour's work on boat, drove home with light off.

Started feeling confused about the state of my fuel and the light, so filled up when I was almost back home.

Dunno whether to take any notice of that damned light or not.....

[Global_discovery]

Ive done about 25 miles on my fuel light, would never want to push it any more than that, just in case its reading more than what it really has in it.

[Steve]

i raked around for ages with no fuel in lol then it cut out on way to petrol station had to ring richie woke up him up and he got me some fuel!

[Baz]

old school thread! :P

[Barry123]

I did about 90miles once on the red. Couldnt be assed to fill up at the rip merchants along the m1. so just filled up when i got home instead.

According to Cittyroen the light comes on at 5 litres.

[insane_saxo]

When my light comes on i park my car on a slight downhill, turn the car off and back on, and suddenly i have more petrol :), soon goes way back down again though lol, so is it really only 4 litres left when the light on a vts comes on?.

[Predator_R32]

mines very rarely on the red light always keep it above quarter full cos you never know ;)

[pubert]

i've done 80-90 miles on my petrol light before

only problem was, i then put £10 petrol in, and the light stayed on :n:

[Baz]

i've done 80-90 miles on my petrol light before

only problem was, i then put £10 petrol in, and the light stayed on :n:

can't help but think your lieing there, either that or your car is 120mm on the rear and not lowered at the front so it always thinks there is less in the tank than there actually is

[hazyvtr]

£5 s worth of juice

[riggsy]

Didnt realise you had that much left once the light came on!

Cant believe some of you, i would never run mine on it for that long, 2miles max, just drags up all the shit!

[Barry123]

I dont put shit in mine in the first place lol ;)

[Luke]

With modern cars nowadays you don't end up dragging the shit through as the Fuel Filter protects that from doing so.