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Page 255 of my manual describes how to prime the system under the heading Empty Tank. It does also explain that the car may need to go back to Volvo for venting.
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The gauge is a precision instrument and is accurate especially at the low end , so when the needle runs off the edge of the scale scale expect to run out any time if it hasn't already that is :thumbs_up:. |
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A pump that is submersed in fuel is significantly less likely than a pump running in air to cause a fire of an exposion you require 3 items to be available at the same time.
Fuel, oxygen and heat - if submersed completly then there is no oxygen, therfore no chance of combustion. The electrical connections do not generate any heat, unlike the spark in a brushed motor - it is this spark that craetes the heat for the combusion to happen in air. The ban on mobile phones was created to address the analogue 'phones of yesteryear and has simply remained in the digital era - same as the use of 'phones in aircraft :) |
The ban on phones in aircraft was/is allegedly to do with radio wave interference, not an electrical power issue. Otherwise laptops and music players would also be banned.
I did mention that you needed fuel, air and a source of combustion in my earlier post. Electrical cables connected to a load can and do overheat, check the one on your domestic iron after half an hour or so of use. My original point was that you would not be pumping any air into your fuel tank by 'clicking' the pump, as there would be no air in the system in the first place by design, for safety reasons. |
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In post #16 I reported a fill of 75.96 litres, but I now believe this must have included a 10 litre can.
This week, I knew I was running low so had the precautionary can in the boot. At 730 miles, the '20 miles to empty' disappeared and the red light came on. I reached the filling station at 736.4 miles (phew !) and filled to the brim with 74.35 litres. So, I reckon the true capacity of the tank is 75 litres, which would tally with 20 miles remaining at 730 miles driven at an average consumption of 45mpg. As already explained, I don't make a habit of this but filling stations are thin on the ground up here and unplanned trips in the wrong direction don't help. |
Whilst traveling in France with the family I decided to play Top Gear fuel light bingo to liven up the journey. I was on the motorway and had the benefit of the range left information that the kids were unaware of, a safety net if you like. Anyway I get down to 20 miles left and decide to skip the approaching fuel station as I assumed there would be another within 20 miles. A short distance down th road I am forced to brake for the toll booth, at which point my range goes ----- not perturbed, I think it will come back on when I acceleration away from the booth, err but it doesn't. I exit the motorway as my lad is using maps to find the nearest filling station. On arrival I find its shut down :-( I have been driving some distance now, close on 20 miles! The locals send me toward the next nearest one, TBH I am thinking the worst, however, I literally just make it. I filled up and put 78 litres in, I must have been on vapour! Lesson learned, and I have not played the game since!
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