Jake
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Was giving my mate a lift somewhere, turned left at the roundabout and the car really bogged down. Wouldnt go any quicker than 35mph, flicked hazards on, pulled onto the side of the road and had to think of what to do. Rang another mate, he drove down with fuel, filled her up and the battery decided to die - i only had the headlamps on for ten minutes! So i stopped him before he drove off and he pulled out some jump leads, Legend .
The fuel gauge was lit up on red but though i could make it, was only sposed to be a short trip. Thats my fun for the night
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James_DT
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Least you don't have a diesel, it's not simply a case of refil and drive off if you run out. 
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Jake
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funnily enough i mentioned that to my mate. Not had much luck with the car recently but i suppose this time it was my fault.
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Kyle T
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The day I sold my Corsa, i was driving home from work and I kept thinking "It will be gone tonight, and I dont want to give this lad anything for free".
Well... I ran out of petrol at the end of my street, put 5 gallons in it and took it for a quick blast out.
Hopefully the lad got home 
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All Torque
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The exact same happened to me too Jake. i was only going to tesco for fuel then ran out and lost all battery power. it was the oddest feeling when i gave it some boot and it didnt eccelerate and smoked a bit.
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Jake
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quote:
Originally posted by All Torque
The exact same happened to me too Jake. i was only going to tesco for fuel then ran out and lost all battery power. it was the oddest feeling when i gave it some boot and it didnt eccelerate and smoked a bit.
It happened on a length of road behind my house that runs along crownhill vauxhall, had to get my mate to drive all the way from emerson valley to give me petrol
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Jake
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quote:
Originally posted by Kyle T
The day I sold my Corsa, i was driving home from work and I kept thinking "It will be gone tonight, and I dont want to give this lad anything for free".
Well... I ran out of petrol at the end of my street, put 5 gallons in it and took it for a quick blast out.
Hopefully the lad got home
this is what i plan to do aswell.
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and-m
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10 minutes on full beam and you wondered why the battery died?!
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Jake
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I suppose, thought it took abit longer for the battery to run flat.
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John
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quote:
Originally posted by James_DT
Least you don't have a diesel, it's not simply a case of refil and drive off if you run out.
It is apart from on older diesels.
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waynep
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quote:
Originally posted by James_DT
Least you don't have a diesel, it's not simply a case of refil and drive off if you run out.
whys that ??? 
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Jake
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have to bleed the system.
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waynep
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quote:
Originally posted by jake
have to bleed the system.
gf has a diesel lol , i didnt know this .. sorry to change the topic a bit but why and how does the system have to be bled?
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Sam
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Petrol light lottery!
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Jake
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i thought i would make it tbh. Ive had the light on alot longer and been able to drive without issues but there were 2 other people in the car.
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John
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On newer diesels you don't have to bleed the system.
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Carl
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i have a 10 year old 306dt and have run out of diesel, put some more in and carried on as usual. what you on about?
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ainsley_brader
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quote:
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On newer diesels you don't have to bleed the system.
Such as?
The new pug hdis are some of the worst out there to bleed up and so called self bleeding!
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All Torque
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quote:
Originally posted by jake
I suppose, thought it took abit longer for the battery to run flat.
My battery was shot to begin with, it was as old as the car and put out 5-10 when it should be 20. its because i had stopped with the lights on that it died.
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ClaireF
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i dun this, except mine was on a dual carrigeway at dark and i had to walk to petrol station on me own in the dark
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ed
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quote:
Originally posted by waynep
quote:
Originally posted by jake
have to bleed the system.
gf has a diesel lol , i didnt know this .. sorry to change the topic a bit but why and how does the system have to be bled?
It wont start if you just pour more diesel into it because you have to beed the fuel lines of air...
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John
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quote:
Originally posted by ainsley_brader
quote:
Originally posted by John
On newer diesels you don't have to bleed the system.
Such as?
The new pug hdis are some of the worst out there to bleed up and so called self bleeding!
New vauxhall diesels and therfore fiat ones 2.
And if it doesn't start you just spray a bit of carb cleaner in the intake to get it fired up.
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Jake
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yeh i think you have to undo four bolts on top of the engine, then crank it over with diesel in the tank.
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Steve
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i find the corsa fuel guages shite, i was always runnig out in my corsa as it showed halfway up the red sumtimes and it would run out, whereas other times it would go well below the red and still keep going.
not as bad as my missus corsa merit her fuel guage used to shoot up to full when she went round a corner
they mustve changed the guage systems at some point as mine never used to do that
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Jake
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I was just glad it was fuel and no a knackered engine. As soon as it bogged down i looked at the temp gauge thinking head gasket.
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