Low fuel question

[rebelstar]

I let my car get quite low on fuel for the first time and I got the 4L warning on the display (which then went up to 19L )

I filled up at the nearest Optimax-dispenser, and found that I could only get 35L in (according to the pump) but the car registered the full 51L.

Is it likely that I have some kind of airlock, or do you think the pump might be faulty?

It's pump 1 at the Coppid Beech Shell in Bracknell if anyone else wants to try their luck

[rebelstar]

Just realised how stupid I am.

51L - 35L is 16L which is probably how much I really had... shouldn't put too much faith in the TVR fuel gauge!

[chris watton]

I know what you mean, I have at times had panic because the guage showed me almost empty, only to add another 10 litres a mile down the road!!!!!
The capacity should be 63 litres, according to my handbook, but the max the readings show is 54 litres!

[targarama]

Had the low warning a few times - don't know how accurate it is. 4L is the lowest I've been - in rural Belgium on the way towards Spa from Trier - great road ... just had a race up to 150ish with an NSX (I was 2 up and full of luggage and I wasn't much quicker than him) ... then I realised there were no service stations at all until Spa. Sh1t! Got lost driving around the local villages trying to find a station. It's pretty rural out there.

I can never get more than 52L in my tank. I find if I try to fill any more after it clicks off it will start to spurt back out (Tamora might be different, T350 can be tricky to fill right up).

[maddog-uk]

Its deinfately 53l ib the tamora. Having got down 4l in France and sweating a lot finding a station I just now make that the plan at 15L!

[nubbin]

On the first full day of Eurohoon last year, we were careening across the middle of France, passing villages with no pumps, and I got down to a consistent "1l" fuel warning - just before we all pulled into a petrol station. Phew!!

[mjc]

I've let mine get really low a few times and the most I've ever managed to fill her up with is about 45 ltrs - from when it show's as good as zero on the gauge. The fuel gauge is obvoiusly out - I've had both the software re-set and the sender-unit replaced and its still exactly the same!