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MikeH
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6th Oct 03 at 21:00   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Why does my car run so much better with a full tank than with a 1/4 full one?

Always seems faster and smoother after fill up.
Neshol
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6th Oct 03 at 21:14   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Apparently it's not good to run the car till there's hardly any petrol left, even tho I do, but 1/4 tank shouldn't be any worse...
Kris TD
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6th Oct 03 at 21:16   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
mine is always quicker when the tank is almost empty.
MarkM
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6th Oct 03 at 21:20   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
You think?
Neshol
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6th Oct 03 at 21:22   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Less petrol = lighter car
MarkM
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6th Oct 03 at 21:24   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Neshol
Less petrol = lighter car


Yes I dont think I have quite mastered the art of sarcasm with text yet!
Neshol
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IntaCepta
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7th Oct 03 at 00:22   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i'm only getting 250miles (45 litres) to a full tank!!
i have no idea why!!
Icy
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7th Oct 03 at 00:26   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by IntaCepta
i'm only getting 250miles (45 litres) to a full tank!!
i have no idea why!!


u stay in london
urban traffic u use more petrol
Cybermonkey
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7th Oct 03 at 08:11   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I can get 320miles out of a tank, but i cant for the life of me get any more!!
kenyon
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7th Oct 03 at 09:43   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i get 360 out of my sxi
Cybermonkey
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7th Oct 03 at 09:59   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
your SXi is 1.2?
the_legend_of_yrag
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7th Oct 03 at 12:01   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
im also toppin my fuel up with fivers so im always running low!!!
3CorsaMeal
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7th Oct 03 at 12:06   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
more petrol in tank, more gravity to push the fuel down, less strain on fuel pump, this was a theory told to me by a russian sheep farmer
MikeH
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7th Oct 03 at 12:09   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I thought that but... does the fuel get fed from the bottom of the fuel tank of from the top of the fuel level via a float?

Your theory holds if it's fed from the bottom.

If it IS fed from the bottom why do people always say not to run your car down and use the crap dirty fuel.... You'd be sucking the dirt first and then the stuff on top.
Cybermonkey
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7th Oct 03 at 12:13   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
how about that the dirty crap is floating on top mike?
MikeH
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7th Oct 03 at 12:14   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Could be.

Does anyone know which way round it is for sure?
Gambit
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7th Oct 03 at 12:43   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
the majority of the crap you get is from old rust filler necks etc, and inner tanks rusting

this is not as common anymore in modern cars

if you go to a reputable garage (i.e. not farmer jim shack) then you wont get dirt from the actual pump either

 
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