Pessimistic Fuel Guage??

[Blitzen]

Hey guys...

I was wondering if you guys have also encountered this? When my fuel tank is getting close to empty, and the distance to empty showes 60km or less with the fuel light on, you go and top it up. In getting to the station, I am consistantly only putting in 36L into a 45L tank.
First of all, I am not really complaining, as this is saving some embarrasment and the Fuel Pump, but metioning this to Shane when I was in Brisbane, he stated he dosn't get this happening to him.
This happens both when I am doing some spirited driving, and when I am driving more sedately, and consistanly putting in only 36/37L when the guage shows 60km to go. This has happened for the last 11 months that I have had the car.

Ryan

[Sharkie]

The Fuel guage is very pessimistic and I suspect VW does it on purpose.

I often drive my car to 0km left to go with the needle past the E and then still only put 41l is when filling up. It would thus still have at least 4l left.

[Cygnus]

When I top up with either 10km or 0 km, it usually amounts to 42-43L. So having a couple of extra litres isn't so bad!

[VW GTI]

Sissies! I got 45.8L in mine the other day.

[RhysQ]

Sissies! I got 45.8L in mine the other day.

you do know that when the handle clicks you're meant to stop!

[Kai]

Most ive ever got in is 54.5L

Ive ran the car out of fuel on purpose. I got 120km with it on 0 K's to go. (driving sensibly)

[NickZ]

Hey guys...

I was wondering if you guys have also encountered this? When my fuel tank is getting close to empty, and the distance to empty showes 60km or less with the fuel light on, you go and top it up. In getting to the station, I am consistantly only putting in 36L into a 45L tank.
First of all, I am not really complaining, as this is saving some embarrasment and the Fuel Pump, but metioning this to Shane when I was in Brisbane, he stated he dosn't get this happening to him.
This happens both when I am doing some spirited driving, and when I am driving more sedately, and consistanly putting in only 36/37L when the guage shows 60km to go. This has happened for the last 11 months that I have had the car.

Ryan

My DTE is just like yours. 50km and fuel light on is more like 100km to go for me. Instead of relying on that I reset my fuel usage/100km and tripometer every time I fill up, use that to work out my expected mileage from a full tank and then take 5% off that to be conservative. I am usually spot on with that calc.

For example, if I am averaging 10l/100km since my last fill up, I would expect to do 450km (45l tank x 100 / 10) less 5% so my life on that tank ends up being about 428km.

[RhysQ]

The Fuel guage is very pessimistic and I suspect VW does it on purpose.

I often drive my car to 0km left to go with the needle past the E and then still only put 41l is when filling up. It would thus still have at least 4l left.

yeah i don't even look at the digital read-out...i have found it to be way out of wack. it seems it works off your average L/100km so even if you have a quick squirt up the road, your read-out 'kms left' will show a lot lower than actual 'kms left' until the L/100km has come right back down (which can take forever!).

For example, i had a very spirited driving day recently and had my readout on 0km left and my needle was still at the first white line, which is usually about 30-40km left.

One last thing, i dont like how it goes down by increments of 10's. One minute you have 10km left and then in the next instant...0..."aaah, i'm all out of fuel ". even basic holden's get increments of 1's.

[Kai]

One last thing, i dont like how it goes down by increments of 10's. One minute you have 10km left and then in the next instant...0..."aaah, i'm all out of fuel ". even basic holden's get increments of 1's.

Even still. The holden ones count down and you still dont run out of fuel at 0

I wish a car was dry at 0. Not all this reserve crap.

[RhysQ]

Even still. The holden ones count down and you still dont run out of fuel at 0

I wish a car was dry at 0. Not all this reserve crap.

yeah i know it actually makes it worse....there may as well not be a digital read-out at all. people see 0 now and are like "meh, got heaps left" and are more likely to run out because zero......is not zero!

what has the world come to when a designated number doesn't even equate to its true value.

[CatonaPC©]

Actually a fuel guage showing less than there actually is on the tank would be optimistic in my view.

Anywy, I have managed to put 49L into mine with 80km on the MFD. That's 6 litres left in the tank. I'm not sure I want to go to 10 or 0K before I fill up.

[T Go]

Most ive ever got in is 54.5L

Is that even possible?????

[Flaps]

I often drive my car to 0km left to go with the needle past the E and then still only put 41l is when filling up. It would thus still have at least 4l left.

Ditto. Most I've ever put in was 42L after doing about 50km with it on 0.

[Roodosutaa]

My trip computer is pretty pessimistic too, all day long it just flashes on the readout:

THE END IS NIGH
WE'RE ALL GOING TO STARVE
TIME TO RECESSION: 6 mths (and counting)
WHY DO YOU EVEN BOTHER GOING TO WORK (always comes in a traffic jam, bugs me to no end)
HURRY, SEND ME TO THE CRUSHER AND YOU'LL STILL GET A FEW HUNDRED BUCKS

hahahaha... seriously though I find the speedo wildly optimistic compared to several satnavs I've used, it seems to overstate the GPS-measured speed by at least 5km/h

[Sharkie]

Most ive ever got in is 54.5L

This explains a lot ..... you must have a V8 in there Kai .... only way you can ever beat another V8 .....

So, the secret to refuelling a V8 then .... switch it off when you fill up .... otherwise you'll never get it full ..... it consumes more at idle than what the pump can provide ....