On Hillman Imps, most certainly.
I think newer cars (80's onwards) tend to have a filter over the pickup
pipe in the tank which helps a lot.
Having said that a Friends Mk3 Escort would cut out every time he tried
to accelerate as there was so much rubbish in the inline fuel filter
that when the fuel demand was high it blocked the filter off, when you
lifted off again it all fell down to the bottom of the filter.
Somebody told me that Ford allow for a range of 50 miles after the gauge
reads empty.
Jim
On 13/03/2016 10:24, Matthew Wastell wrote:
I've heard this said a million times, however has anyone actually had
an issue running the tank very low or empty?
My wife often used to challenge the gauge and on board computer in
several Volkswagen diesels, often exceeding the 0 range by significant
double figure miles (never actually ran out though). And another girl
in an old carbed escort or Orion ran out with me on board, luckily we
were just heading downhill with the petrol station at the bottom. She
had done it several times and no known issues.
M
On 12 Mar 2016, at 13:46, 'Michael Hughes' via Quantum Owners Group
<[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Running low on fuel would be a good way of making sure any dirt or
debris in the tank go into the fuel line. Filling up the tank might
well disperse the debris throughout the tank.
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Subject: [Quantum Owners] Fuelling - A lucky escape?
Fuel gauge dropping into the red, so I stopped at small petrol garage
en-route to Norwich. I just put in 15L, and continued on my way, to
find 4 miles later the Q wasn't running well and kept cutting out at
low revs. Several restarts and on my journey home I again called in
the petrol garage to report the situation, where I was told they'd
had no other 'complaints' but they'd had a delivery yesterday! Hmm.
We'll wait and see. Continuing on homewards it was bad all the way
until the local Sainsburys where I brimmed the tank. 3 Miles further
on when I reached home the car was running fine. So it looks like
there was a poor fuel, the effects 'diluted' by adding the good
fuel? Thankfully I hadn't filled the tank at the first station. Maybe
a 'tip' to never fill fully from one station just in case?
It reminded me of when 'Formula Shell' was sold with masses of
publicity in the 80's and I put some in my Morris Marina (don't
laugh) to find 2 miles on it pinked like mad at low speed/high load.
Again, by flooding the tank with Esso fuel all was ok. Shell paid out
10's of £000's to owners of Vauxhall cars with ruined engines, and
'Formula Shell' was deemed a poor marketing move.
Martin
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