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Car Forum / Volvo Cars / December 2007mileage indicater unreliable????
Hi! engine cut out after warning "engine service urgently required" (or something like that). The reading said still 70 km to go before empty tank. I had to be towed and after putting in 10 liter of diesel the car runs fine without any specific warnings or faults. Is the mileage gauge not working? Similar experiences anybody? Can this be fixed? Thanks volvo 2003 XC70 5D Most times the gaugereading means eg that at the current rate of usage you will get 70 miles more ,but if you floor it the consumption changes .Never trust the guage carry a small container .Mine goes way beyond its empty mark . > Hi! > engine cut out after warning "engine service urgently required" (or [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > volvo 2003 XC70 5D by the way when you get that low you pull the drews into the injectors .Put your car on an incline and the fuel will change according to the float control inside. > Most times the gaugereading means eg that at the current rate of usage > you will get 70 miles more ,but if you floor it the consumption changes [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >> >> volvo 2003 XC70 5D dregs meaning the scum or rubbish sorry about the typo > by the way when you get that low you pull the drews into the injectors > .Put your car on an incline and the fuel will change according to the [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >>> >>> volvo 2003 XC70 5D > Hi! > engine cut out after warning "engine service urgently required" (or [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > volvo 2003 XC70 5D I think you have two separate problems. 1. You apparently ran out of fuel. The distance remaining indicator can fluctuate a lot when there is just a little fuel left. If you are coasting downhill the number can go up because of no fuel consumption and drop back down when eiher the terrain of driving changes. The gauage would appear to be working, but it lookslike you pushed it a little too close this time. 2. There is at least one error code that was stored. You might have the dealer read that code. hi thanks for the reply, The reading on the ecu said that there was 2.85l left in the tank. My average mileage is 8l/100km. So I still would have been able to drive 35km. I was on my way to the gasstation when it happened. The distance remaining idicator said 70 km to go. I stranded at 2km from the pump. I remember emptying the tank once up to 15 km without problems, so it seems I have been lucky at that time.... From now on, I will not trust the indicator no more. >> Hi! >> engine cut out after warning "engine service urgently required" (or [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > 2. There is at least one error code that was stored. You might have > the dealer read that code. |
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