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[ronomega]

Hi all, the range on my trip computer is just saying 0 miles when there is petrol in it. Any ideas?

[Dan282]

How much petrol are you putting in? There have been occasions if I put less that 10 quid and the tank has been on 0 miles it won't register.

[Andy B]

How much fuel is in there?
How has the car been driven? Foot to the floor or like riving Miss Daisy?

If you cane the car, the mpg will drop hence the range will fall too.

[Andy B]

..... if I put less that 10 quid and ..........

Is it worth the effort of putting so little in? 

[Dan282]

..... if I put less that 10 quid and ..........

Is it worth the effort of putting so little in? 

Only very few occasion  normally it's £20 a week.

[ronomega]

I will fill it up, cheers guys

[joff]

When I took my 3.2 elite ti Scotland on a few trips I filled the tank up in swindon and when I got to Alloa it said 0 miles but still had 3 gallon in the tank

[jonny2112]

Is the warning light illuminated on the gauge?

[zirk]

Is the warning light illuminated on the gauge?

[ronomega]

No warning light mate as there is juice.

[Andy B]

...... as there is juice.

But how much?

[TheBoy]

The FC isn't that good at detetcting small amounts of fuel going in.

[jonny2112]

Is the warning light illuminated on the gauge?

Yep, sorry. Just trying to decide if there is a potential fault with the computer, or whether you just thought the range was too low compared to the gauge.  If the gauge is working correctly I can't see the range showing zero without the light? Trying to get it straight ish in my tiny mind 

[Lizzie_Zoom]

When I took my 3.2 elite ti Scotland on a few trips I filled the tank up in swindon and when I got to Alloa it said 0 miles but still had 3 gallon in the tank

In the old days we had cars with a "reserve" tank of fuel.  Now we have electronic systems that seem to allow for "an extra" amount in the tank when the gauge shows zero

[kcl]

Is the warning light illuminated on the gauge?

Yep, sorry. Just trying to decide if there is a potential fault with the computer, or whether you just thought the range was too low compared to the gauge.  If the gauge is working correctly I can't see the range showing zero without the light? Trying to get it straight ish in my tiny mind 

Range CAN show zero without the gauge light being illuminated. Example: you have driven it like mad and have avg of 40litres/100 km. You have some 15 litres in tank. Light will not be lit as it comes on with some 10 litres left. When driving still like crazy avg consumtion is still high and after 10 kilometers you'll have 0 range and still 10 litres in tank--> no light.

Gauge light and MID do not communicate together. MID just calculates averages and bases range on an average. Gauge shows actual status of fuel levelk in tank and neither of these are very accurate, especially gauge is not.

Slightly off the topic, I have driven Omegas several times to range 0 and never ever have been able to fill more than 70 litres. Tank is allegedly 75 litres. The only time I have ran out of fuel with an Omega was one with TID (no range display) and it was interesting. Filled 7 litres from canister and tried to start, nothing! Had to fill 15 litres before it started.