How much fuel do you put in ?

[J4CKO]

Givent the size of the tank on 944's relative to the car does everyone fill right up, half way or whatever.

I dont drive mine much so have taken to sticking 50 quids worth in rather than carrying double that round, must be a hell of an additional weight, like having an adult passenger at all times.

 

[Lowtimer]

I always fill cars to the brim, but then I hate having to stop for fuel, and also I am fairly fussy about what fuel I buy.

 

[Copperman05]

Depends on the journey I'm doing, around London I usually dont have more than 1/4 tank at any time, any more is just deadweight.


Edd

 

[greyboy]

Fifty quid of extra fuel at £1.40 a litre will be approx 35 litres. A litre of water weighs 1kg and fuel is a bit lighter so it would weigh approx 32/33 kg ?? Never thought much about that as i always brim my tank from getting the low fuel light on. Good point and worth considering.

 

[J4CKO]

Not going to make that much difference in the scheme of things, I tend to work month to month and dont need a full tank of fuel, seems daft to have the extra weight and the value sat there but can see the point about not liking putting fuel in

 

[Diver944]

Same here, I always brim it when the low fuel light comes on and it costs about £100 for Super. Normally lasts about a month and somewhere between 4 or 500 miles depending on useage

 

[Fat Albert]

I sometimes get through a tankful in a day.....

so I always brim mine, did 220 miles today, so just over half a tank

 

[Lowtimer]

ORIGINAL: greyboy

Fifty quid of extra fuel at £1.40 a litre will be approx 35 litres. A litre of water weighs 1kg and fuel is a bit lighter so it would weigh approx 32/33 kg ?? Never thought much about that as i always brim my tank from getting the low fuel light on. Good point and worth considering.

Petrol is about .81 specific gravity, so 35 litres is 28 kg.

 

[andy watson]

Mine is only a Sunday car, usually put £30 in and that does me for the day if we are going to an event she gets the full tank

 

[VanhireBoys]

I laid my car up last October. It was on the reserve. I took it out and put €30 in and thought - That gauge isnt right.. It was right in fact !

I can see me puttin in at laest €50 a week when its back on the road. If I am on a jorney i'll fill it ! €115 []

Fuel is €1.64 per litre []

 

[jdpef356]

ORIGINAL: J4CKO

Givent the size of the tank on 944's relative to the car does everyone fill right up, half way or whatever.

I dont drive mine much so have taken to sticking 50 quids worth in rather than carrying double that round, must be a hell of an additional weight, like having an adult passenger at all times.

If you are going to leave your car standing for any period of time take note of the following.

ETHANOL

Ethanol is now added in increasing quantity to petrol. Since most damage is done by evaporation the Ethanol causes rust water sediments and surface contamination content to the inside of the fuel tank in-turn clogging fuel lines and carburettors. Should this occur in your fuel tank this is expensive to rectify.

If you are going to leave your car standing for some period of time fill your car to the brim! The evaporation area is then only the size of a top of a tea cup - not two tea trays.

 

[GlennS]

My car gets used at weekends, mostly on long-ish trips (200 miles +) and with very early starts; often before my local fuel stations are open. As a consequence it gets brimmed on the return from each trip so that it is all ready to go for the next one.

 

[zcacogp]

Full to the brim, every time.

Weight may be a consideration, but I don't like stopping for fuel, it always seems to go up so buying it earlier rather than later makes sense, and brimming it every time enables accurate MPG calculations to be done.


Oli.

 

[944s2]

When I had my S2 ran it until light came on and brimmed it and you could feel extra weight at back on full tank

 

[SUSIT]

Use my car daily but work and back is only 7 miles, I keep the minimum and rarely have more than 30 litres on board unless going on a run. been on leave this week and done about 800miles so far so brimmed it twice.

Quite happy with the 33 mpg been getting

 

[jonk]

There's a low fuel warning light? Bugger, that's blown then....

 

[Lowtimer]

Yep. It ought to come on when you are down to 8 litres.

 

[bighead]

can the light be checked without going that low ....because if the dash warning bulb is not working and you drive till you ran out of fuel, its not a good idea !

 

[Diver944]

There's a pretty good guide to testing the sender at Clarks Garage http://www.clarks-garage.com/shop-manual/elect-13.htm

The simple way is to fill a 5L spare can and keep it in your boot just in case you run out while testing. The light itself doesn't actually come on until the needle goes right into the red zone of the gauge. It can be disconcerting going that low until your fully confident it's working but I can't actually rememeber that anyone has ever reported an actual failure once they started letting their car run lower than they usually do.

 

[J4CKO]

Brimmed mine today, dont know why it is so crap on fuel though, only seems to do 21 to the gallon, changed the lambda, doesnt smell of petrol, pulls well and does its job fine, is it the short journeys, I am not that lead footed, for example did a 15/20 mile run this morning and barely went above the speed limit, only two forays to 6000 rpm.