I guess there was about 5L in mine because the 15L + 20L added meant I could
see the fuel in the filler neck! Gauge was part way into the red. When I ran
out of petrol in the Rickman a couple of years ago it was just a case of
putting more in and all was well (once it got as far as the carb anyway)
Martin
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From: Jim Hearne
To: [email protected]
Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2016 3:52 PM
Subject: Re: [Quantum Owners] Fuelling - A lucky escape?
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]> 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.
-----Original Message-----
From: Susan and Martin Scott
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To: quantumowners <[email protected]>
Sent: Fri, Mar 11, 2016 10:46 pm
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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