Borris
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We have just been abroad for the last ten days. Well actually it was the Isle of Wight but for most of our break it was like being in the Med. Absolutely gorgeous. It was to has been the inner Hebrides until I read that the midge season has just begun.
Anyway we had just got off of the return ferry at Lymington when I glanced at the fuel gauge and was alarmed to find that it read empty with 0 miles left in the tank. We had only just put £20 of Tescos supermarket diesel ordinaire in the tank. This was only a few miles back just to get us to the main land so I knew that the tank wasn't that empty. Margot our Cali, likes only the finest BP Ulitmate diesel juice to keep her in fine fettle and there aren't any BP stations on the I of W. (Using only BP Ulitimate is an on going experiment on my part to try to ward off future DPF and other issues. Whether it's any good remains to be seen).
When we drove onto the ferry we were directed to park on the elevated ramp section above the main car deck. We were positioned near to the front so that when the ramp was lowered prior to disembarkation we ended up parked on the steep sloping ramp.
All that I can think of is that the contents of the tank didn't register as the fuel had gone to the other end of the tank away from the fuel gauge sender unit. When I turned on the ignition it read contents zero. However when on the flat I would have expected the gauge to register something but instead it continued to read zero until after I had stopped and filled up. Spooky.
Is this something to be expected under these circumstances or do I have an issue?
P.s Pretty much all of the major roads and many of the minor ones in the Isle of Wight have recently be resurfaced to a very high standard. Not the usual shoddy fling some black stuff about and don't bother raising the drain covers nonsense. I have been told that this was following an EU grant. The roads had been appalling. Anyway it is now a great place to drive around.
Anyway we had just got off of the return ferry at Lymington when I glanced at the fuel gauge and was alarmed to find that it read empty with 0 miles left in the tank. We had only just put £20 of Tescos supermarket diesel ordinaire in the tank. This was only a few miles back just to get us to the main land so I knew that the tank wasn't that empty. Margot our Cali, likes only the finest BP Ulitmate diesel juice to keep her in fine fettle and there aren't any BP stations on the I of W. (Using only BP Ulitimate is an on going experiment on my part to try to ward off future DPF and other issues. Whether it's any good remains to be seen).
When we drove onto the ferry we were directed to park on the elevated ramp section above the main car deck. We were positioned near to the front so that when the ramp was lowered prior to disembarkation we ended up parked on the steep sloping ramp.
All that I can think of is that the contents of the tank didn't register as the fuel had gone to the other end of the tank away from the fuel gauge sender unit. When I turned on the ignition it read contents zero. However when on the flat I would have expected the gauge to register something but instead it continued to read zero until after I had stopped and filled up. Spooky.
Is this something to be expected under these circumstances or do I have an issue?
P.s Pretty much all of the major roads and many of the minor ones in the Isle of Wight have recently be resurfaced to a very high standard. Not the usual shoddy fling some black stuff about and don't bother raising the drain covers nonsense. I have been told that this was following an EU grant. The roads had been appalling. Anyway it is now a great place to drive around.
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