VTS drinking fuel

  1. Infrequent Poster Joined: Sep 2012 Gravesend, Kent Posts: 166 51' Citroen Saxo VTS 06' Chrysler Grand Voyager
    #1
    Put £20 of petrol in my car on Monday and I've driven the car to work on Monday, left it at home Tuesday and driven in today, normally it'll last me till Wednesday night/Thursday morning but noticed the gauge was telling me I had near the light by time I got to work! I know the petrol gauges ain't the most accurate dial in the dash but I would have no way used that much petrol for a day and half of commuting!

    Normally do 36 miles daily and £20 gets me roughly 125 miles, but so far I've done 62 miles and the lights nearly on. I'm not thrashing it either as its motorway miles so I stick to 60/70.

    Any ideas to what it could be?
  2. Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Dec 2008 Lancs Posts: 4124 JP4S'd R.
    #2
    Start the car on level ground
  3. Infrequent Poster Joined: Sep 2012 Gravesend, Kent Posts: 166 51' Citroen Saxo VTS 06' Chrysler Grand Voyager
    #3
    I have, still near the red
  4. Newbie Joined: Apr 2011 Hull, East Yorkshire Posts: 21 Citroen Saxo 1.1 Forte (1st car) Citroen Saxo 1.6
    #4
    I had this on mine, got 7 miles to a tenner!

    I had te relay replaced, the multi function one. Not sure if this is the same issue.

    Does it cut out at all or drop revs?
  5. Established Member Joined: Sep 2011 Ebbw Vale Posts: 1180 Clio 182 Daily, 106 GTi Track Project
    #5
    Have you ran it right down the red or anything? If I drive a bit on the red then put some petrol in it doesn't last, also runs shit for a while. Probably isn't this because I expect you would already know this haha
  6. Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Sep 2010 leeds Posts: 4389 MCS R53 S/C 16v furiooo
    #6
    the fuel gauge is just that, a "gauge" and one i no longer fucking trust.

    it's just total shite, never know when im about to run out of petrol, or if i have that extra mile/two before i have to fill up.
  7. Regular Poster Joined: Jun 2012 Hastings Posts: 437 1998 1.3 ford escort 1999 1.5d citroen saxo
    #7
    I have the same. mines always been lke this since i bought it. but recently its got really bad, put £20 in and the needle barely moves. then it drops, then after 10 mins will rise again to where ever it feels like it
  8. Infrequent Poster Joined: Sep 2012 Gravesend, Kent Posts: 166 51' Citroen Saxo VTS 06' Chrysler Grand Voyager
    #8
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by tprice_17 View Post
    Could take sender unit out and check the float is moving freely?

    Other than that it's prob just cheap french hatches doing their thing!
    My misses must be French then coz she's just as indecisive! Lol

    Think it's having a funny 5 minutes...again. Will check the sender but may just fill a jerry can up every time I get petrol!
  9. L-plater Joined: Nov 2012 Posts: 71 1.1i saxo year 99 60bhp 1.2 clio mk1 year 98 98bh
    #9
    There is pins on sender unit, and ever fraction of petrol is counted by the float pin which appears on guage so say you put 20 in that pin could be burn out then when u use most petrol your float could get a good connection on a pin and give you a acuurate reading on the guage, then you coul do 1mile and the rest of te pins could be burnt out, and tell you have no petrol at all, my sender used to only ever work on fill tank for about ten miles the go on red ontill about a tener left which is abput two bars or something, very crap saxo fuel guages lol brandnew or decent 2nd hand sender unit will make you happy always good feeling when you can relie on your guage on long jorneys i brough a car before said it had half of tank ontill i did about 3 miles an ran out of petrol got asked any petrol in it i said yeah half of tank, putt a 5va in and it started, thats just life lol