MK5 Golf GTI

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Title: How low on fuel you say?
Post by: xjay1337 on November 05, 2013, 09:57:11 pm
First click was at 57 Litres.. and yes I believe these pumps to be accurate been using them for 3 years.


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Anyone beat that? haha
Title: Re: How low on fuel you say?
Post by: Markyed30 on November 05, 2013, 09:59:03 pm
Wouldn't want to run that low tbh :signLOL:
Title: Re: How low on fuel you say?
Post by: Tortaruga on November 05, 2013, 10:05:11 pm
Doesn't the car have a 55 litre tank?  If so then there's 5 litres available in the filler tube??? :confused: :confused:
Title: Re: How low on fuel you say?
Post by: Banham on November 05, 2013, 10:10:12 pm
Only ever let mine run down to quarter tank then i fill up again
Title: Re: How low on fuel you say?
Post by: Scottymon on November 05, 2013, 10:12:38 pm
Good going for a 55L tank,  :laugh: how many clicks did you give it, to get 60L! :confused:

Is there an overflow? i.e. did some end up on the floor, lol.
Title: Re: How low on fuel you say?
Post by: JoeDarKa on November 05, 2013, 10:14:11 pm
I thought they were 55 litre too!
Title: Re: How low on fuel you say?
Post by: MC71 on November 05, 2013, 10:28:53 pm
I remember (a few years ago) TT posting something about getting loads more fuel in a Mk5 than 60 litres, I'm sure there was a good explanation too.

Whenever I see a Shell Station I always stop and fill up with their Nitro go go juice. Usually never less than half full. I always check on their app to see where the nearest station is, I'm sure my car won't blow up on another 99 but it's never had anything else.

Once I get the first click I stop filling. Remember reading years ago something about not overfilling the Mk5, something about losing the fuel and something else about the Charcoal Cannister? (Probably posted by TT too  :grin:).  
Title: Re: How low on fuel you say?
Post by: bacillus on November 05, 2013, 10:37:23 pm
No 99RON petrol in your area??
Title: Re: How low on fuel you say?
Post by: MC71 on November 05, 2013, 10:50:51 pm
^^^^ Yes, within walking distance.  :laugh:

I should have said "whenever I'm away from home and I see a Shell Station I fill up".

 :happy2:
Title: Re: How low on fuel you say?
Post by: bacillus on November 05, 2013, 10:52:51 pm
^^^^ Yes, within walking distance.  :laugh:

I should have said "whenever I'm away from home and I see a Shell Station I fill up".

 :happy2:

Sorry mate, my comment was meant for xjay as he filled up with 97RON petrol.
Title: Re: How low on fuel you say?
Post by: MC71 on November 05, 2013, 10:56:25 pm
^^^^ :happy2:
Title: Re: How low on fuel you say?
Post by: xjay1337 on November 07, 2013, 11:49:10 am
There is 99 ron but on a standard car there's no real benefit using it.
Plus as I shop at Sainsburys and on Ebay I get my Nectar points....

Good going for a 55L tank,  :laugh: how many clicks did you give it, to get 60L! :confused:

Is there an overflow? i.e. did some end up on the floor, lol.

Not that many surprisngly! Normally first click is around 47-48L for me but this one it was at 57!! Maybe 3 or 4 clicks to get over 60.
Could have kept going but got bored lol. None on the floor :)

On 100 miles of trip but fuel gauge still at max haha.
Title: Re: How low on fuel you say?
Post by: Marc-5-GTI on November 07, 2013, 12:04:12 pm
I have to travel 24 miles for my nearest shell, well any 99RON in fact! Rural Cumbria sucks


(Though I do go most weekends to fill up, hence the sig)
Title: Re: How low on fuel you say?
Post by: G40will on November 07, 2013, 05:55:14 pm
I know on mk4's you can fill the expansion tank by pressing a little nipple in the filler neck with the end of the filler nozzle but I've not noticed one on my mk5.

I used to be able to get about 63 litres in my bora if I was very low and filled the expansion tank up.
Title: Re: How low on fuel you say?
Post by: N8KOW on November 07, 2013, 10:06:23 pm
I'm lucky Shell garage 1 mile from m house!  :congrats:
Title: Re: How low on fuel you say?
Post by: Scottymon on November 07, 2013, 10:09:34 pm
I'm lucky Shell garage 1 mile from m house!  :congrats:

Pushing distance! :wink:
Title: Re: How low on fuel you say?
Post by: flatout on November 07, 2013, 10:11:16 pm
I'm lucky Shell garage 1 mile from m house!  :congrats:

Me too. :P
Title: Re: How low on fuel you say?
Post by: Marc-5-GTI on November 07, 2013, 10:38:15 pm
I just filled up... Got a Ferrari Lego toy aswell haha  :laugh:
Title: Re: How low on fuel you say?
Post by: Wooosh on November 07, 2013, 10:51:21 pm
I'm lucky Shell garage 1 mile from m house!  :congrats:
+1.
Title: Re: How low on fuel you say?
Post by: simonp on November 08, 2013, 06:11:38 am
I have to travel 24 miles for my nearest shell

Ditto. Which is why I don't use it...
Title: Re: How low on fuel you say?
Post by: xjay1337 on November 08, 2013, 02:06:58 pm
I know on mk4's you can fill the expansion tank by pressing a little nipple in the filler neck with the end of the filler nozzle but I've not noticed one on my mk5.

I used to be able to get about 63 litres in my bora if I was very low and filled the expansion tank up.

It's not there on the Mk5  :surprised:
Title: Re: How low on fuel you say?
Post by: Beeps on November 09, 2013, 12:34:17 pm
I topped my tank in the Spring and I now get an Evap engine light every few weeks - it seems you knacker the whole system by one squirt of fuel where only vapour is meant to go.