Well my fuel gauge is stuck at zero with the light on...let me tell you the whole story:
Got in my 53-plate Punto MkIIb 1.2 diesel at my house in Oxford, noticed I had half a tank of fuel and usually I only use a quater tank for the trip I was going to make today.
Left to pick up my mate from his place in Farnham Common, then we started to make our way to Maidenhead. At a certain slightly sharp turn I managed to slide the car (it was obviously wetter than I thought) the back swung out one way, then the other, then somehow I got it back without hitting anything!
We spent a few minutes joking about how we could have just died, then I noticed that my fuel gauge was reading empty! And not just low, or with the light on, but completely empty with the light on!
I was pretty sure that no matter how aggresively I drove, there was simply no way I could burn 20litres in that time, my mate suggested that I could have a leak but once we stopped I couldn't smell a hint of diesel under the car. I get the feeling that my little unexpected drift sesh may have submerged a floating indicator within the tank, but I don't know if that's what they use or if thats even possible?!
Anyone have any idea what else it could be/I can check for? It's definitely just the gauge because I drove 40 miles back to Oxford with it pointing at 'E' so the fuel is there!
Thanks!!!
Pav
Got in my 53-plate Punto MkIIb 1.2 diesel at my house in Oxford, noticed I had half a tank of fuel and usually I only use a quater tank for the trip I was going to make today.
Left to pick up my mate from his place in Farnham Common, then we started to make our way to Maidenhead. At a certain slightly sharp turn I managed to slide the car (it was obviously wetter than I thought) the back swung out one way, then the other, then somehow I got it back without hitting anything!
We spent a few minutes joking about how we could have just died, then I noticed that my fuel gauge was reading empty! And not just low, or with the light on, but completely empty with the light on!
I was pretty sure that no matter how aggresively I drove, there was simply no way I could burn 20litres in that time, my mate suggested that I could have a leak but once we stopped I couldn't smell a hint of diesel under the car. I get the feeling that my little unexpected drift sesh may have submerged a floating indicator within the tank, but I don't know if that's what they use or if thats even possible?!
Anyone have any idea what else it could be/I can check for? It's definitely just the gauge because I drove 40 miles back to Oxford with it pointing at 'E' so the fuel is there!
Thanks!!!
Pav