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Strange fuel guage and MID display goings on
10. Jan 2007 at 10:14

A new one on me this morning.

I know i had about 30miles range of fuel this morning and my first port of call was going to be the petrol station about 2 miles away....

When i started the car the guage barely moved.....and the range came in a 0 miles.....

Reset it and it went to 60miles......!!

As i drove the guage seemed to move up and down before i got a range of F >>>

Stuck £20 quid in it and i am sure the guage is jumping every so often between quarter tank ond on the red.....

Range is now displaying intermittantly anything between 30 and 150 miles but still this occasional F>>>

Any thoughs people?

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Marks DTM Calib Administrator Offline Ex Member Posts: 25671 Northern Hemisphere Gender: Drives: Astra J, Mum Bus, Dexta Tractor, 108 DMU wip	Re: Strange fuel guage and MID display goings on Reply #1 - 10. Jan 2007 at 10:20 Check the main earth stud in the boot, I seem to recall its behind the plastic trim panel on the rear slam panel.
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Re: Strange fuel guage and MID display goings on
Reply #2 - 10. Jan 2007 at 10:23

Marks DTM Calib wrote on 10. Jan 2007 at 10:20:

Check the main earth stud in the boot, I seem to recall its behind the plastic trim panel on the rear slam panel.

I know what you mean - will check this tonight....oddly enough i was shuffling stuff in and out the boot yesterday before it happened Undecided

Thanks Mark Thumbs Up!

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Re: Strange fuel guage and MID display goings on
Reply #3 - 10. Jan 2007 at 10:29

The range displayed on the centre display can change quite wildly depending on your driving as it recalculates regularly.

I used to come out of Birmingham after 20 mins in city traffic with 40ish miles range, but after a few minutes at 70 mph on the A38, it would change to 65-70ish or higher.

With the problem with the gauge also, I doubt if this is just the above issue. I'm not sure what the link between the actual gauge and the MID display is, but presume they use the same fuel left in tank signal, with the MID using other signals from the engine etc. to calculate range.

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Markjay Omega Lord Offline Posts: 5452 London Gender:	Re: Strange fuel guage and MID display goings on Reply #4 - 10. Jan 2007 at 10:33 When filling-up following urban driving I usually get 350-375 on the range, or up to 450eesh following motorway drive. On one single rare occasion, after a very long and boring journey, I saw the magic 500... it never happened again though.
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Re: Strange fuel guage and MID display goings on
Reply #5 - 10. Jan 2007 at 14:21

Markjay wrote on 10. Jan 2007 at 10:33:

When filling-up following urban driving I usually get 350-375 on the range, or up to 450eesh following motorway drive. On one single rare occasion, after a very long and boring journey, I saw the magic 500... it never happened again though. Sad

I too, have seen the magic 500!

Only once though and it would seem a never to be repeated event. Sad

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omegaman Newbie Offline Posts: 25 Gender: Drives: 2.5 CDX Auto	Re: Strange fuel guage and MID display goings on Reply #6 - 10. Jan 2007 at 15:09 I switch mine onto the outside temperature setting. Your outside temperatures over here in England are depressing viewing, but nowhere near as depressing to see the fuel consumption figures ...especially with the sports button on
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Re: Strange fuel guage and MID display goings on
Reply #7 - 10. Jan 2007 at 18:49

Markjay wrote on 10. Jan 2007 at 10:33:

When filling-up following urban driving I usually get 350-375 on the range, or up to 450eesh following motorway drive. On one single rare occasion, after a very long and boring journey, I saw the magic 500... it never happened again though. Sad

I've had the magic 500 in my MV6

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Re: Strange fuel guage and MID display goings on
Reply #8 - 10. Jan 2007 at 18:59

TheBoy wrote on 10. Jan 2007 at 18:49:

Markjay wrote on 10. Jan 2007 at 10:33:

When filling-up following urban driving I usually get 350-375 on the range, or up to 450eesh following motorway drive. On one single rare occasion, after a very long and boring journey, I saw the magic 500... it never happened again though. Sad

I've had the magic 500 in my MV6

I havent

but then i only stick £20 in at a time.....and that lasts me a month Cheesy

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Re: Strange fuel guage and MID display goings on
Reply #9 - 10. Jan 2007 at 20:46

Taxi Driver wrote on 10. Jan 2007 at 18:59:

TheBoy wrote on 10. Jan 2007 at 18:49:

Markjay wrote on 10. Jan 2007 at 10:33:

When filling-up following urban driving I usually get 350-375 on the range, or up to 450eesh following motorway drive. On one single rare occasion, after a very long and boring journey, I saw the magic 500... it never happened again though. Sad

I've had the magic 500 in my MV6

I havent

but then i only stick £20 in at a time.....and that lasts me a month Cheesy

My Carlton Gsi used to regularly show the upper 500's.

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Chopsdad Omega Baron Offline Keep it clean! Posts: 4066 Bouncy Castle in Carlisle Gender: Drives: VW Passat 1.9 TDI Est	Re: Strange fuel guage and MID display goings on Reply #10 - 10. Jan 2007 at 21:39 F >>> I think that stands for blank me there's none left. Looks like your Omega has the same spell checker as we do here
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Markie Omega Lord Offline Posts: 7914 Lanarkshire, Scotland Gender: Drives: RS4, X5, Range Rover	Re: Strange fuel guage and MID display goings on Reply #11 - 11. Jan 2007 at 09:57 Chopsdad wrote on 10. Jan 2007 at 21:39: F >>> I think that stands for blank me there's none left. Looks like your Omega has the same spell checker as we do here or going by our weather ...F reezing !!!
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Re: Strange fuel guage and MID display goings on
Reply #12 - 11. Jan 2007 at 09:59

Markie wrote on 11. Jan 2007 at 09:57:

Chopsdad wrote on 10. Jan 2007 at 21:39:

F >>> I think that stands for blank me there's none left. Grin

Looks like your Omega has the same spell checker as we do here

or going by our weather ...F reezing !!! Thumbs Up!

Rather mild down here, if you can tolerate the wind and rain...

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