just intested to know if anyone knows precisely how much petrol is left in the tank when the low fuel indicator starts to glow?..its always a good thing to know!

intesting stuff there cheers its always good to know as im using this as a everyday car and because the needle is constantly all over the place due to all the round a bouts round here!so realy the light is the only thing to rely on!and i have noticed if you half fill the tank it takes ages for it to get to the quarter mark-but once it does it drops rapidly so i never know were i am,and it clocking in kms doesnt help lol.

I do think mine is better than 17mpg thow as i worked that out to around when the light comes on, so i recon around 24mpg ish?maybe its because its a completely standard TT and its been well maintained with a pretty good millage?what petrol do you all use?

V power. mine is also in KM just know the distance from work to my old house.

i find vpower better than tesco 99 none of my cars have liked it for some reason!kms arent to bad once you get used to it just takes some getting used to

tesco is sh*t, its all mixed with bio fuel, someone will be one at somepoint with a link about it. Pre '95 cars cant take it as it screws with the injectors

probably why its so cheap.you get what you pay for in this life

an engineer i used to know said running the car on low fuel (regularly) will knacker your pump out...he said most of the fuel pumps he changed died because people had ran out of fuel....back to the original question i reckon anymore than 30 miles when light comes on is pushing it

tesco is sh*t, its all mixed with bio fuel, someone will be one at somepoint with a link about it. Pre '95 cars cant take it as it screws with the injectors

 

I've had the Z almost 3 years and every fill up has been with tesco 99. Never had a problem. Not even when they had contaminated petrol a while back. The car must have an iron stomach so to speak. LOL

I've never had the fuel light on since I owned the car.

 

With cars this old it's a pretty scary thought as to what may be lying at the bottom of the petrol tank. I wouldn't want to let it drop that low to find out :).

 

When I swap out my dials and fitted new gauges. I accendtially moved the fuel gauge, so when it's full now it tells me i only have 3/4 of a tank left. Therefore when it gets to near empty on the gauge I always fill it up again as I know I only have a 1/4 tank left.

 

It's easy to fix but I kinda like it like this as a safety barrier. If I have to change or flush the tank then I'll sort the gauge at that time.