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| Thread ID: 61383 | 2005-09-03 02:22:00 | Consumer Revolt - September 5th | mejobloggs (264) | PC World Chat |
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| 385672 | 2005-09-05 06:54:00 | Well I went and topped up my tank this afternoon - empty warning light was getting annoying. :p Well, I should say I would of liked to topped up my tank, but the $50 didn't go that far :rolleyes: Must say though, I was the only one getting petrol at the station at what would of normally been a busy time ... |
Jen (38) | ||
| 385673 | 2005-09-07 02:00:00 | Jen . . . . . . just a note here: (and anyone else with this habit) IF your vehicle has fuel injection, I suggest that you NEVER let the fuel get below the 1/4 tank level . :annoyed: Let me explain: The electric fuel pump in your tank (pending it IS fuel-injected) needs to be cooled and lubricated by the gasoline/petrol in the tank . Once the level gets too low (under 1/4 tank) then the pump starts to get hot from lack of cooling by not being in a gasoline/petrol bath, and the lubrication also starts top suffer . The effects may not show up right away, but the bearings in the pump will cause drag on the armature of the motor and draw a little more amps afterwards and from then on . OK . . . . not too bad as it is still running . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . but the system is then running at a higher amps draw than it's designed to run, and you take a lot of the life out of the pump, relays, wiring and if applicable, the quad-driver in the ECM . You can get away with this a few times . . . but habitually if you do so . . . well we have a saying in the auto repair business: "You can listen to me now, or you can pay me later!" :cool: If you haven't bought an in-tank fuel pump . . . . . you will have to sell your first-born male child to pay for it . |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 385674 | 2005-09-07 07:56:00 | Jen . . . . . . just a note here: (and anyone else with this habit) IF your vehicle has fuel injection, I suggest that you NEVER let the fuel get below the 1/4 tank level . :annoyed: Thanks for that explanation Joe . Have to confess though I have absolutely no idea whether my car has fuel injection :blush: As often the case, you don't intend to let it get that low . Driving home from work you decide that you just want to get home, and that you will fill up the next morning instead . Come morning, and you forget to leave for work a little earlier to allow for the stop at the petrol station, so decide to top up on the way home instead . And so on . . . :rolleyes: |
Jen (38) | ||
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