stuart colgan 0 Posted June 5, 2007 Report Share Posted June 5, 2007 answer: no! Ran out of petrol 100 yards from my local station on saturday coz being the muppet i am i thought a warning light would come on when the tank got hammered...but obv not...funnily enough the car seems to be running a lot better since its been fully refuelled and had its weekly wash by the illegal immigrant polish blokes at me local car wash...HAS ANYONE ELSE EVER RAN OUT OF PETROL??! :$ Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Pete 1,455 Posted June 5, 2007 Report Share Posted June 5, 2007 I think that some models did have a fuel warning light. Link to post Share on other sites
mike 6 Posted June 5, 2007 Report Share Posted June 5, 2007 i ran out of petrol in my old mk3 1.4 thinking that had a petrol light....did run on fumes tho...miss that...have realsied my highline doesnt have one, as iv had it on the line so many times Link to post Share on other sites
matth76 1 Posted June 5, 2007 Report Share Posted June 5, 2007 Mine's a late 1997 model and doesn't have one. I would assume if any did have it it was an extra option and would alarm as soon as you hit the red zone. Isn't good for the engine running into the red too often. After I was nearly at the limit only a couple of times my car suffered about 5-10bhp loss on Stealth's rollers until it had several tank fulls of some expensive but powerful fuel injector cleaner (not Halfords stuff - this is the proper stuff and car pulled far harder after using this). My car always runs well when I've just filled up. When I am approaching the red zone it's always slightly more sluggish...common with most cars, until you fill up again. Link to post Share on other sites
lee060 3 Posted June 5, 2007 Report Share Posted June 5, 2007 oh @^ last mk3 i used ages ago . i filled it up when it got below the red , that little white line below it when i say fill up i mean a fiver lol its great being poor Link to post Share on other sites
mike 6 Posted June 5, 2007 Report Share Posted June 5, 2007 Mine's a late 1997 model and doesn't have one. I would assume if any did have it it was an extra option and would alarm as soon as you hit the red zone. Isn't good for the engine running into the red too often. After I was nearly at the limit only a couple of times my car suffered about 5-10bhp loss on Stealth's rollers until it had several tank fulls of some expensive but powerful fuel injector cleaner (not Halfords stuff - this is the proper stuff and car pulled far harder after using this). My car always runs well when I've just filled up. When I am approaching the red zone it's always slightly more sluggish...common with most cars' date=' until you fill up again.[/quote']first time iv heard that about it being no good for teh engine...mines always in te red lol...and i always put normal petrol not premium in...tank full of injector cleaner? that sound a bit OTT? Link to post Share on other sites
lee060 3 Posted June 5, 2007 Report Share Posted June 5, 2007 answer: no! Ran out of petrol 100 yards from my local station on saturday coz being the muppet i am i thought a warning light would come on when the tank got hammered...but obv not...funnily enough the car seems to be running a lot better since its been fully refuelled and had its weekly wash by the illegal immigrant polish blokes at me local car wash...HAS ANYONE ELSE EVER RAN OUT OF PETROL??! :$ just read over that properly , and LMFAO @ illigal imigrant polish car wash blokes !!! lol so true i run out of petrol all the time , lol i managed bout 45miles from a fiver until it ran bone dry in the mk2 gti im using right now , i always carry a can of fuel in the boot Link to post Share on other sites
pimpcat 0 Posted June 6, 2007 Report Share Posted June 6, 2007 ive run my old diesel mk 3 out of fuel that was fun get some diesel put in in the tank keep the starter gorin wiv my foot flat to the floor for a min and it started wivout having to flush the engine gota love mk3 tdi's Link to post Share on other sites
Mr_GTI 0 Posted June 6, 2007 Report Share Posted June 6, 2007 I use to run out all the time too, when I was a student! It was a lowly MG metro though so it didn't really hurt. Its a bit different with the VR, like the impreza I had ,I never let it get below a quarter as the last bit seems to disapear pretty quickly, and if you're no where near a petrol station - big trouble.I've always run mine on shell v-max, as even the manual said it will produce more torque than normal unleaded. Link to post Share on other sites
Jk* 0 Posted June 6, 2007 Report Share Posted June 6, 2007 Never ran out of petrol in any car. As soon as my tank hits quarter i put some more in. Dont want the crap from the tank going through the injectors or anything. Oh, and i dont want to run out and look like a d*ck! Link to post Share on other sites
purple highline monster 0 Posted June 6, 2007 Report Share Posted June 6, 2007 i never usually have more than 1/2 tank as its pointless carrying around all the extra weight, only gets a full tank on long journeys, i have never run oot of fuel in any car, come close a few times but never run out! Link to post Share on other sites
Focker-out 0 Posted June 6, 2007 Report Share Posted June 6, 2007 Mine has a fuel light, but i can safely say it is one of a handful of MK3s in the UK that does!! No mk3s here came with them, Just gotta know where to look Link to post Share on other sites
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