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7th September 2006, 15:39
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who has no petrol
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
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7th September 2006, 15:40
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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 
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7th September 2006, 15:42
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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
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7th September 2006, 15:42
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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
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7th September 2006, 15:45
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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!
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7th September 2006, 15:45
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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 
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7th September 2006, 15:46
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Is it really that healthy to let the car run out of fuel?
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7th September 2006, 15:47
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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...
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7th September 2006, 15:47
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Thought so.....
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7th September 2006, 15:51
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b alrite 4 the trusty landrover engine, like driving a tank tho compared to me sax
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7th September 2006, 15:53
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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
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7th September 2006, 16:00
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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 
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7th September 2006, 16:13
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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!
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7th September 2006, 16:20
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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
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7th September 2006, 16:20
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Yeah I don't think mine even has a light tbh...
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7th September 2006, 16:21
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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
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7th September 2006, 16:22
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Never
Thanks to my Petrol card
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7th September 2006, 16:23
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Originally Posted by 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
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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.
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7th September 2006, 16:25
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Originally Posted by DavidMP3Man
Yeah I don't think mine even has a light tbh...
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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
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7th September 2006, 16:44
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Originally Posted by 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!
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Lazy git, 3 miles, why don't ya walk the excercise will do you good!  :
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