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£15 petrol gone in 4 miles :-/
« on: 19 April 2012, 15:45 »
guys need your help. topped my tank up today £30 so just over half a tank. then as i was pulling in to a friends drive i scraped the bottom of my car.. (believe in the middle under the car a metal plate of some sort) going over the exhaust pipe.

drove to town fine petrol still half. come dropped him home petrol seem ok. as i got home i realised the petrol was only on the first white line  :shocked:
I looked under the car revved the engine while my gf looked around the car see no sign of a leak. no smoke not even a smell of petrol....  :undecided:

could it be the fuel gauge is stuck?
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Offline shelaghmk3gti

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Re: £15 petrol gone in 4 miles :-/
« Reply #1 on: 19 April 2012, 17:37 »
its the very worst thing about these cars is how inaccurate the gauges are ...i could put a tenner in but have half a tank going down a hill and none going up and who knows how much inbetween.. i need a 'miles til empty meter'!

thats not to say u havent done any damage mind  :sad:



LOL@ the advert at the bottom of this page.. red diesel supplied in barrels nationwide  :laugh:
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Re: £15 petrol gone in 4 miles :-/
« Reply #2 on: 19 April 2012, 17:51 »
The Mk3's I had had innacurate gauges, in the 1.8 it was saying empty for a week lol, after I fitted silver dials in that car it worked as it should and showed about 1/4 more than the original cluster
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Re: £15 petrol gone in 4 miles :-/
« Reply #3 on: 19 April 2012, 17:54 »
My money is on the sender being faulty.

@Shelagh, the adverts are cookie dependant. In other words they will show adverts relating to your internet history....so I guess someone in your household has been searching for red diesel :wink:
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Re: £15 petrol gone in 4 miles :-/
« Reply #4 on: 19 April 2012, 18:01 »
Quote from: dom069 on 19 April 2012, 17:54
My money is on the sender being faulty.

@Shelagh, the adverts are cookie dependant. In other words they will show adverts relating to your internet history....so I guess someone in your household has been searching for red diesel :wink:


nah doubt it im the only driver and i dont drive a diesel  :rolleyes:
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Re: £15 petrol gone in 4 miles :-/
« Reply #5 on: 19 April 2012, 18:40 »
fingers cross worse case is the fuel dial gone. ps the advert on mine is Barclays bank.
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Re: £15 petrol gone in 4 miles :-/
« Reply #6 on: 19 April 2012, 20:12 »
My needle was on the half and after i went over a pot hole, it read quarter for a day then went back to half, strange.

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Re: £15 petrol gone in 4 miles :-/
« Reply #7 on: 19 April 2012, 20:14 »
Faulty sender
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Re: £15 petrol gone in 4 miles :-/
« Reply #8 on: 19 April 2012, 20:24 »
I got red diesel,it is the fuel for boats and  barges though :laugh:



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Re: £15 petrol gone in 4 miles :-/
« Reply #9 on: 19 April 2012, 21:56 »
Quote from: Screech16v on 19 April 2012, 20:24
I got red diesel,it is the fuel for boats and  barges though :laugh:





flippin eck what have u been searching  :huh:  :grin:

her she goes to click on the link  :rolleyes:


mine is for agricultural and off road untaxed  vehicles  :huh:
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