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Model specific boards => Golf mk2 => Topic started by: Jay on 12 January 2009, 20:31
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... let your fuel tank get less than 1/2 on the red (less than 1/16th? of a full tank) :shocked:
Ss-sst-tu-ut-tte-err-r-rrr-rr mania :laugh: :cry:
If you ever let your fuel get that low and start experiencing crazy stutter, change ya fecking fuel filter first :grin:
Mine was probably due anyway and luckily I had a spare :grin:
I was thinking the worst things were happening all the way home even after I filled up, the car was going nuts when I tried putting my foot down in 3rd, 4th or 5th and in 1st and 2nd it felt like it wasn't even firing on all cylinders :shocked:
This is NOT an experience I want to relive... I suggest having a spare fuel filter in the car or at home!
Are there any easy ways to clean out the fuel tank to get rid of the 20yrs of crap?
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I don't let mine get below 1/4, that's mainly because the gauge only really operates between 1/4 and 3/4's. So I have no idea if its actually a 1/4 tank or if its empty :tongue:
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Jay - Stating the bleeding Obvious - 2009 :grin:
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I had to chance it because I was running late for work :sad:
Jay - Stating the bleeding Obvious - 2009 :grin:
You forgot 2007 and 2008 :tongue:
Honestly, I thought it was completely fookered because it had been hard rain most of the day and it felt like it wasn't running on all cylinders.
I guess I was so relieved it was only the fuel filter I had to post to let it out my system :tongue:
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i'm never off red
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I've run my daily under the red a few times..no problem....
Except the MFA says I only ever do 10mpg :grin: Should really fix the vacuum pipe.
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My MFA always thinks I'm getting 1/3 of what I really am.
But I'm confused, I can understand if it over reads the MPG, due to a leak. But how to can under read the value - surely it would need even more vacuum?
I thought it was the speed sensor and vacuum sensor on the back of the clocks which was nuked, rather than the hose itself.
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If it's a carb engine, you could do the old trick of covering up the air intake for 10 seconds while holding the revs up, then letting go. Sucks the crap through :cool: Had to do it once when mine wouldn't start when ran near empty.
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i'm never off red
How I know the feeling, red is a cool colour. stick in the red.
It makes it a challenge.
I will live to regret this comment :laugh:
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Mini didn't used to have a gauge. Well it did it was a mag light through the fuel cap :laugh: always had a jerry can in the boot, just in case :)
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i'm never off red
How I know the feeling, red is a cool colour. stick in the red.
It makes it a challenge.
I will live to regret this comment :laugh:
not as much as parking in a disabled bay :wink:
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^ oooo Ade you've been caught mate... :grin:
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Im confused :undecided: hahahah
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i'm never off red
How I know the feeling, red is a cool colour. stick in the red.
It makes it a challenge.
I will live to regret this comment :laugh:
stick in the red? disgusting.. but i bet ya gf loves you for it