Fuel Gauge
09-25-2004, 06:44 PM
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My Ride: 520i 2004Built Orient Blue Metallic exterior with Beige DAlota Leather interior, Xenon light added as an option.BMW star spoke alloy wheels styling 115, 7J X 16 wheels with 225/55R 16 tyres.
The fuel gauge meter of my E60 started to drop 10-12km of driving after fill up a full tank of petrol,is it normal? 
Because my another car(Alphard and Audi90) will indicate as full tank for the first 4-50km before started to fall
I know that make no difference in fuel consumption but at least I feel much better this way....
Because my another car(Alphard and Audi90) will indicate as full tank for the first 4-50km before started to fall
I know that make no difference in fuel consumption but at least I feel much better this way....
09-25-2004, 06:58 PM
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THat just means that the BMW fuel guage is more accurate. Many cars do not measure the top levels of fuel accurately and just start measuring after about 3 gallons have gone.
09-25-2004, 08:20 PM
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My Ride: 530i, Silver Grey, Black Dakota, Steptronic, Premium, PDC, Logic7
The fuel gauge meter of my E60 started to drop 10-12km of driving after fill up a full tank of petrol,is it normal?
09-26-2004, 01:27 AM
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My Ride: [i][b][u]Since 19 august 2004[/u][/b][/i]: [color=red][b]530i[/b] High Executive[/color], Silvergray with beige interior, Popular wood, Servotronic, Sportssuspension, electric foldable and dimmed mirrors, dimmed interior mirror, pappelmaser braun wood, cupholders, styling 123 18" wheels, Logic 7, Steptronic, alarm class 3, electric sunscreen in the rear and suncreens for sidewindows, Comfort seats, heated seats, Xenon with headlightwashers, Adaptive corner lights ALC, Advanced airconditioning, lightpackage, Nav Pro, 6 cd changer, side airbags rearseats, bluetooth siemens S55, chrome kidneys, gearlever with wood, voice recognition retrofit, front windshield with green band.
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I'll check it too.. I actually never look at my fuelgauge untill the fuelsign comes up in the warningscreen with the bling blong.. In the next 5 series they will probably remove that gauge to because nobody uses it heheheehe. (just kidding) 
09-26-2004, 07:34 AM
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My Ride: 520i 2004Built Orient Blue Metallic exterior with Beige DAlota Leather interior, Xenon light added as an option.BMW star spoke alloy wheels styling 115, 7J X 16 wheels with 225/55R 16 tyres.
Thanks!!
09-26-2004, 08:08 AM
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Originally Posted by skipper' date='Sep 26 2004, 10:19 AM
Actually if you use the function on the dash where you can see how many miles you have left in gas, you will see that it starts dropping right away.
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