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Originally Posted by timewa' post='468877' date='Sep 13 2007, 12:12 AM
Today I drove back from Luxembourg to my home town Enschede. I was almost out of fuel, with my computer telling me only 25km remaining... on an empty autobahn with no fuel stations nearby.
I decided to navigate to the nearest fuel station and found one eventually in a small town with only 10km remaining. The fuel meter was virtually at 0, I was just in time! I put 66 liter diesel in the tank.
I wonder: Is there still a reserve beyond the "0 km remaining" display? Or is it really over and out when the needle hits 0? Who has experienced a real empty tank? I believe the tank should be 70 liter, does this mean that there is a 4 liter reserve?
I decided to navigate to the nearest fuel station and found one eventually in a small town with only 10km remaining. The fuel meter was virtually at 0, I was just in time! I put 66 liter diesel in the tank.
I wonder: Is there still a reserve beyond the "0 km remaining" display? Or is it really over and out when the needle hits 0? Who has experienced a real empty tank? I believe the tank should be 70 liter, does this mean that there is a 4 liter reserve?
My only explanation is the temperature drop. It took 5 test starts after refilling the car until it went on again. Pretty scary being stuck in the middle of France during 24th December
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So the answer is - NO there is no reserve, be careful!
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Originally Posted by hondik' post='469915' date='Sep 16 2007, 06:57 AM
Hey.. good question you posted. I was driving this Xmas from Prague to Barcelona and deciding to skip a few fuel stations on a lonely highway in France went down to about 40Km remaining.. looked not very optimistic until I've come to a station that was some 20Km from the 40Km reserve few minutes ago - remember it was during Xmas so the temperature was around +3 Celsius, but in the place of the fuel station almost freezing because of a hilly terrain. The computer was showing some 25Km fuel left but after I slowed down from 150Km/h to 20Km/h closing to the station via series of roundabouts my 3.0 170kW diesel started choking and refused to start.. just perfectly stopped at the fueling bar..
My only explanation is the temperature drop. It took 5 test starts after refilling the car until it went on again. Pretty scary being stuck in the middle of France during 24th December
So the answer is - NO there is no reserve, be careful!![Roll Eyes (Sarcastic)](https://5series.net/forums/images/smilies/imported/rolleyes.gif)
My only explanation is the temperature drop. It took 5 test starts after refilling the car until it went on again. Pretty scary being stuck in the middle of France during 24th December
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So the answer is - NO there is no reserve, be careful!
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My car was showing 0 on display by the time i reach at gas station. After filling up gas, everything was smooth until evening and when i started again to go out, it was accelerating more than normal. Even when I'm trying to stop on signals it keep accelerating. Is it something I can revert it normal?
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Originally Posted by Rudy' post='468902' date='Sep 12 2007, 08:29 PM
Keep in mind that the countdown reading might jump from a single digit number like 5 or 6 straight to zero without showing 4, 3, 2, or 1 since it's calculated based on MPG which can fluctuate.
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Originally Posted by hondik' post='469915' date='Sep 16 2007, 01:57 PM
Hey.. good question you posted. I was driving this Xmas from Prague to Barcelona and deciding to skip a few fuel stations on a lonely highway in France went down to about 40Km remaining.. looked not very optimistic until I've come to a station that was some 20Km from the 40Km reserve few minutes ago - remember it was during Xmas so the temperature was around +3 Celsius, but in the place of the fuel station almost freezing because of a hilly terrain. The computer was showing some 25Km fuel left but after I slowed down from 150Km/h to 20Km/h closing to the station via series of roundabouts my 3.0 170kW diesel started choking and refused to start.. just perfectly stopped at the fueling bar..
My only explanation is the temperature drop. It took 5 test starts after refilling the car until it went on again. Pretty scary being stuck in the middle of France during 24th December
So the answer is - NO there is no reserve, be careful!![Roll Eyes (Sarcastic)](https://5series.net/forums/images/smilies/imported/rolleyes.gif)
My only explanation is the temperature drop. It took 5 test starts after refilling the car until it went on again. Pretty scary being stuck in the middle of France during 24th December
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So the answer is - NO there is no reserve, be careful!
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Condensation and gunk from the fuel tank floats on top of the diesel.
When emptying the tank, the fuel system in the car gets flooded with water and junk (which the fuel filter doesn't always remove!).
This gets into the fuel lines, fuel pump AND into the injectors/engine!
Restarting the car a few times after refilling flushes the system, but there will always be a little bit of water/junk remaining in the system.
So, i have no idea about the reserve, my record on a fill-up is 65 liters, which means there's about 5 liters left in the tank.
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Originally Posted by sixcard' post='995416' date='Sep 1 2009, 08:56 PM
I see this often, when I stop at on an incline. But I never have figured if I lose or gain fuel when stopped on (or traveling) uphill or down.
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I will say the e60 is a whole lot better at sustaining a reading then was the case of the 5ers back then
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By the time I reached a fuel station, the computer reports 14 miles remaining, the 18.5 gal fuel tank took in 18.1 gal of fuel. I'd say my fuel gauge is pretty accurate. 0.4 gal / 1.5 L for 14 miles / 22.5 km.
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I never experienced this situation , but I belived for you guys that drive small engine or diesel would be safe to say after the dash warning display saying 0mpg or 0km would be alright to drive a couple more distance until refilling, but how about us that drive v8 or a moster v10 m5 , would you take a chance?
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Originally Posted by mrwsp1980' post='996378' date='Sep 2 2009, 11:27 PM
I never experienced this situation , but I belived for you guys that drive small engine or diesel would be safe to say after the dash warning display saying 0mpg or 0km would be alright to drive a couple more distance until refilling, but how about us that drive v8 or a moster v10 m5 , would you take a chance?
Oh, and I never re-fill until I have got more than 600 miles out of a tank!