Hi all
I've never tried driving the patrol to empty, but the gauge does drop quite a bit below the empty mark. I was wondering if anyone has pulled the sender out and bent the arm to re adjust it and properly align it with the gauge?
The patrol also has a low level warning light which I've never seen on. How low does it need to get and is there a way I can test it?
Cheers
Andy
IMO and should be taken with a grain of salt.
Drive it till you see the light or till you run out of fuel.....Originally Posted by Parksy
12/97 GEE YOU
4.5lt Gas blower. Lots of mods to come.....all in good time.
Parksy (26th May 2015)
It is almost impossible to
get an accurate reading
with the Q's standard system.
With fluctuations in
the supply voltage etc,
the gauges
are more like guidelines than
rules. The ability of the tank
to hold the same amount of
fuel varies with ride level too.
Last edited by mudnut; 26th May 2015 at 05:59 PM.
My advice is: not to follow my advice.
Bloodyaussie (26th May 2015), Parksy (26th May 2015)
I think with mine when the light comes on I have 15LTRS left.
so about 100 ks
04 ST 3lt auto, not enough Mods to keep me happy, but getting there
I think with mine when the light comes on I have 15LTRS left.
so about 100 ks
Temp of fuel going in might be a factor too cold fuel more ltrs
04 ST 3lt auto, not enough Mods to keep me happy, but getting there
Parksy (26th May 2015)
must be a tb42 thing, my fuel gauge light never came on either. The most I've ever had to put in was 79ltrs, so that would have left approx 16ltrs of fuel in the tank (gauge reading on empty)
Parksy (26th May 2015)
Yeah my fuel light used to come on.
Comes on when I have about 20L left now in my TD42. I have let it go a fair but below empty and was able to put 90L in (still had my sub tank full as backup)
Parksy (26th May 2015)
My car doesn’t have a low fuel light....... does that mean I will never run out?
2006 4.2TDi ex-Telstra Remote area Camper. Patrol Sold after 11 years of ownership Replaced with 2006 OKA NT Expedition Truck. Cummins, Allison & lots of goodies
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Thanks all. I think the most I've ever put in was no more than 70 litres, and that's with the gauge sitting below empty, so still 25 litres sitting in the tank. Theoretically, I should get 600km out of a tank, but at 400km I'm too scared to take it any further. Would like to fix this.
IMO and should be taken with a grain of salt.
I wish.......................My car doesn’t have a low fuel light....... does that mean I will never run out?
At the end of the day, all you have is yourself and all you need is your friends (and in our case our Patrol)
2006 GUI1 4.2TDi Coil Cab "almost" standard
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