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Re: Help! Starting after running out of fuel?
Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 5:21 pm
by Golf Cart
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ah yes , when Hockey Night in Canada was......
Re: Help! Starting after running out of fuel?
Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 8:33 pm
by Weasel
Well, it was indeed fuel. Started pretty easily on the third try without priming the pump.
I put 9.5 litres in the jerrycan, got nearly all of it into the tank with my 'funnel' of bent plastic packaging; After that it needed another 63.7L until full to the cap. With a 75 litre total capacity that would leave ~2 litres unusable, which sounds reasonable to me...
A cheap lesson in 'don't trust the light' given that it happened right as I arrived at work, 150 feet from a diesel pump.
Thanks again for the prompt responses!
Re: Help! Starting after running out of fuel?
Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 8:35 pm
by Green1
then I suspect that you should be looking in to the sensor that operates the light, I'm guessing that it is bent/damaged in some way to not come on early enough...
Re: Help! Starting after running out of fuel?
Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 8:41 pm
by fexlboi
Weasel wrote:With a 75 litre total capacity that would leave ~2 litres unusable, which sounds reasonable to me...
Does every Delica have a 75 litre tank? How big is the tank for an 93 Exeed high-roof?
Re: Help! Starting after running out of fuel?
Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 8:42 pm
by Green1
Automatics have 2 tanks with a combined capacity of 75 litres.
Manual transmission vehicles I gather only have 1 tank totalling 65 litres.
Re: Help! Starting after running out of fuel?
Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 9:38 pm
by fexlboi
Green1 wrote:Automatics have 2 tanks with a combined capacity of 75 litres.
Manual transmission vehicles I gather only have 1 tank totalling 65 litres.
Thanks. Is there any particular reason to have two tanks instead of one?
Re: Help! Starting after running out of fuel?
Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 9:45 pm
by Green1
Thanks. Is there any particular reason to have two tanks instead of one?
near as I can tell, it was a simple matter of geometry, they couldn't fit one tank of the appropriate size in, so they made 2 smaller ones instead. Personally I wish they had managed an extra 10 litres, but I guess I can't expect everything...
Re: Help! Starting after running out of fuel?
Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 10:06 pm
by mararmeisto
Could have been a case of having two tanks from different vehciles which added up to the 75 litres needed which meant they didn't have to design a whole new tank just for this vehicle.
Re: Help! Starting after running out of fuel?
Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 1:47 am
by FalcoColumbarius
From what I understand: The automatic transmission comes with 75 litres; the manual transmission comes with 65 litres; and the petrol version comes with a 56 litre tank. I have heard speculated this to be calculated and that those measurements for the various fuels and trannies should take you the same distance. Personally I am not so sure about that, although it is a very creative story, if nothing else. Maybe there were three designers that disagreed on how to do it so they all came up with a tank size of their own.... 
Maybe the designer who came up with the 56 litre tank was dyslexic and read the detail incorrectly.....
Re: Help! Starting after running out of fuel?
Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 8:47 am
by MardyDelica
hi, sad to hear that, but the best way to have not problem like this is, when you see the fuel on haft way fill it up again,
to avoid condensation of water thru the tank . i never have problem with any of my delica since i own a delica 4 1/2 year ago.
just my own thought, still its the owner choice whatever he or she want to do.
cheers;
Mardy
Re: Help! Starting after running out of fuel?
Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 9:00 am
by konadog
MardyDelica wrote:when you see the fuel on haft way fill it up again,
That's my motto as well - And since starting to blend WVO, it seems I'm always out there toppin' the tank up with a Gerry-can of old fry grease! Didn't even know there is a low fuel lamp
Good to know about the fuel pump trick though
