distance to empty readout

[amiers]

my distance to empty readout normally reads the distance left in the tank when i start the car. however i filled up on saturday when the readout said 65klm's to go. when i started the car on sunday i noticed it stlil read the same. when i drive, it slowly goes up until it reaches whatever it should be. what would cause it to do that?

[AU2PWR]

Fuel Pressure ,
Driving Style

if i put $10 in my car sometimes , it will beep on 20ks left , petrol in , 20ks left still then it builds up with a Bit of Pressure in the Tank , thats what the PSSSHH sound is when you open your Fuel Tank , VaccumPressure :_

Daniel

[xr8man83]

that would have to be bad case of fuel pressure i couldnt see it getting that low from that maby your computer is chucking the sads at somthing

[RG]

Originally Posted by SR_AU

Fuel Pressure ,
Driving Style

if i put $10 in my car sometimes , it will beep on 20ks left , petrol in , 20ks left still then it builds up with a Bit of Pressure in the Tank , thats what the PSSSHH sound is when you open your Fuel Tank , VaccumPressure :_

Daniel

So that's what causes you fuel pressure problems lol

[poolkeeper]

When I leave my car park on a hill or such, then start it back up it reads heaps low 450 to 45??

[Smoked]

Interesting. Never encountered this with mine. Minute I startthe car after a fill, the DTE updates.

[kenz]

Ive filled mine up a few times to full and drove off and the DTE was 0 and the gauge was on empty but then when I turn the engine off and start it again its fine

[HLC]

my DTE seems to be accurate. on the cruise to canberra on saturday night it rose to 736. then started to fall back down again. when i topped up down there- unneccessarily, it came up as 750 haha then dropped as i was driving.

[b2tf]

Mine is very accurate but Ive noticed that if I put less than $20 into the tank it wont add it up correctly, happens more when there is a low level of fuel remaining.

[Orbit]

it's ment as a guide only.... but most are pretty ok.

[wesomc]

Originally Posted by Orbit

it's ment as a guide only.... but most are pretty ok.

Exactly. If i had a dollar for every time someone ran out of fuel and said "but my DTE said i had 20km left...".

[AU2PWR]

this Problem wont occur with LPG , But yeah its Pressure thing

And yes RedXR8220 , Thats the Reason , CleverA%%

[Mechan1k]

Originally Posted by kenz

Ive filled mine up a few times to full and drove off and the DTE was 0 and the gauge was on empty but then when I turn the engine off and start it again its fine

Bad electrical connection on the EGAS utes ... get under the tray and unplug all the connectors to the tanks ... and clean the terminals ... plug it back together again and you shouldn't have an issue ... till it needs cleaning again.

It's a PITA job as well ... mine is starting to do it again... sometimes it only reads from one tank as well .. but my senders are reading correctly on the tanks.

There's one or 2 connectors per tanks ... and there is a main connector along a support rail ... at the back of the tanks ... above the axle/diff/tailshift .... a right pain to reach and unclip.

When DTE doesn't read it sometimes it is usually due to a bad connection in the loom to the tank(s).

[Mechan1k]

Originally Posted by SR_AU

this Problem wont occur with LPG , But yeah its Pressure thing

And yes RedXR8220 , Thats the Reason , CleverA%%

Problem is a regular occurence on LPG ... I replaced my senders (one was faulty anyway) ... but still had an intermittent issue with the fuel gauge going up and down ... and starting low when it was actually full. Or only reading one tank ... sometimes when empty is says it's full.

[janek]

Originally Posted by SR_AU

Fuel Pressure ,
Driving Style

if i put $10 in my car sometimes , it will beep on 20ks left , petrol in , 20ks left still then it builds up with a Bit of Pressure in the Tank , thats what the PSSSHH sound is when you open your Fuel Tank , VaccumPressure :_

Daniel

My tank has never hissed... is that bad? :S

[JC]

Originally Posted by janek

My tank has never hissed... is that bad? :S

Yours is a Ghia, so it probably has the fuel tank ssshhhhh supressor (or whatever you call it) standard.

[blue terra]

It can also be the fuel gauge thing behind the dash mine would play up after a full top up it would read empty and have no dte. so got it replaced and was fine

[Mechan1k]

I was nearly at the point or replacing my cluster anyway ... cos it was annoything the hell out of me ... then I managed to get it to work ... so i didn't bother about it.

[janek]

you serious! cool... its always bothered me that i don't get the hiss...

[JC]

Originally Posted by janek

you serious! cool... its always bothered me that i don't get the hiss...

No - 'twas a joke.

[ronwest]

Originally Posted by JC

No - 'twas a joke.

Damn!

I was about to add it to my "Factory Options" list ;)

[XR8-260]

You can't always trust the DTO. Faults can develop which lead to inaccruate readings. Once my car ran out of petrol with 65km 'still left'.

[GlennBA]

Originally Posted by amiers

my distance to empty readout normally reads the distance left in the tank when i start the car. however i filled up on saturday when the readout said 65klm's to go. when i started the car on sunday i noticed it stlil read the same. when i drive, it slowly goes up until it reaches whatever it should be. what would cause it to do that?

That failrane is on gas isn't it? Thats why mate.

[amiers]

yes it is on gas. however it has always worked the same as on petrol. i filled up again on tuesday and it now is back to normal.!!!

[GK]

I guess if a tank is around half full or less, the juice is free to move around a bit. I suspect that's got something to do with the readings going over the shop a bit.

It does it on both my AU's one sedan, one wagon, both on dual fuel.

Of course the DTE reading does change a bit due to driving style, open road cruising sees it increase, whilst the opposite is the city cycle norm!

There's my 2 cents!

GK

[AU2PWR]

Dont Look at the DTE , Look at the Fuel Gauge , and if a Little Orange Fuel Bowser pops up , be near a Petrol Station

Daniel

[bodes-sh]

well this was posted in another thread, but is still sorta relevant as it will tell you how many litres you have left and what your fuel consumption is http://www.fordmods.com/forums/documents.php?doc=34
it's great, tells you heaps of stuff