Fuel meter - reserve notification

[Old-MAN]

Wah....630km with a tank.....OMG......

[Wishbone]

One good function that the C class do not have is the "km per litres" reading to indicate fuel consumption and the "km to go" when on reserve fuel. the latter is important to know whether u need to go to a pump station immediately or can tahan till reach destination. 

[level z]

Wah....630km with a tank.....OMG......

 lol .. so is it normal ??? 

[blackmercs]

One good function that the C class do not have is the "km per litres" reading to indicate fuel consumption and the "km to go" when on reserve fuel. the latter is important to know whether u need to go to a pump station immediately or can tahan till reach destination.

Km per litres to go does not have it but only estimated balance consumption.

[mr honeybunny]

Bad for fuel pump when always wait till reserve, I pump once fuel drop below half normally.

Slightly more expensive as pump freq increase....$$ go out fester

[Old-MAN]

lol .. so is it normal ???

NO....NOT NORMAL.....

[level z]

What figure would be consider normal mate ? Thx

[Atlantis]

My take is that when the fuel needle goes below the 1/4 mark, I try to topup the petrol already. Why bother going through the mental stress of seeing how much more the car can go when the reserve light lits up?

[asiadj]

off topic a bit ... what would be a reasonable mileage on a full tank (98) of w204 ? i doing my first tank (just bought a second hand car) .. 630 km till warning light ... (C and S mode activated for periods) .. reasonable FC ?

 

Also would pumping Ron 98 have better FC or same as Ron 95 ?

 

thx

kompressor.. maybe hard to achieve...

 

7-g can do this.. 630 warning lights.

[level z]

ok .. i made a mistake .. should be 550 km till warning light ....

[Tigershark]

? 630km drop to 550km?

[level z]

I never reset properly .. Second tank was 550 to reserve light up

[asiadj]

I never reset properly .. Second tank was 550 to reserve light up

It depends on the travelling. Daily routes.... So time to time, we get diff fig.

By all means... Its a gd ride regardless the model, n also, good reasonable fuel compsumtion ride..

[Odessus]

My ride issues a warning light between 550-620km as well depending on my city / expressway mix for the tank.

[Tigershark]

My ride issues a warning light between 550-620km as well depending on my city / expressway mix for the tank.

 

 wah.. so light-footed. 

[Odessus]

 wah.. so light-footed. 

 

You know me bro. I'm heavy footed. Hahaha...     

[jes]

so envious of all your FC..mine (95) 430+ already warning (98) 490+..

[Odessus]

so envious of all your FC..mine (95) 430+ already warning (98) 490+..

 

Bro, your turbo's on perpetually. That's the issue.

[jes]

Bro, your turbo's on perpetually. That's the issue.

simi turbo...here never go beyond 100km/h

[Purtier]

Bad for fuel pump when always wait till reserve, I pump once fuel drop below half normally.

Slightly more expensive as pump freq increase....$$ go out fester

 

Why issit harmful to fuel pump when drops to reserve mark?

[level z]

Why issit harmful to fuel pump when drops to reserve mark?

 

 

 I suspect the OP is saying that when the fuel level drops to reserve level, they may not be enough fuel to cool the fuel pump when it is operating ...

[Purtier]

 I suspect the OP is saying that when the fuel level drops to reserve level, they may not be enough fuel to cool the fuel pump when it is operating ...

 

OIC.. Then I gotta change my habit to pump before it hits the reserve tank.. Thanx for the information.. =)

[Tykl]

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