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Join Date: Feb 2007
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So a mate of mine bought a series 2 wagon with 170,000km on it and took it for its first drive. The fuel gauge is reading empty/very low but DTE says he still has a range of 100 odd km left in the tank, then it ran out of fuel.
Anyone had this happen and know how to fix it?
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Brisbane, Qld
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Did he do a lot of highway driving for most of the tank then on the last bit did he do a bit hard driving or around town driving ?
Sometimes mine will say 90km left but the fuel light will be on and it will surge around corners. Beer Baron.
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Flairs - Truckers Delight
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Brisbane Northside Likes: Opposite Lock
Posts: 5,731
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could be the fuel sender unit
do a battery reset and see how it goes
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XA GT
Join Date: Feb 2007
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My fuel light in both my AU's usualy comes on at about 80kmDTE.
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Melb north
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mine also comes on at 80 k`s dte, always found it to be pretty accurate, touch wood never ran out of fuel.
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Bexley, Sydney
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I've had mine down to 15km and it took 64 litres from a 68 litre tank so I'd say mine's pretty accurate too.
My uncle had a AU2 ute and he said he's DTE was **************** useless, but he treated that car like a dog and was never bothered to fix it.
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