Hey guys, i am wondering for most the car got the low petrol warning light right?
then i want to know if the warning light turn on, mostly how far it still can go further more?

by the way, i'm driving wira 1.6 (auto).

Please do give comment and advise about it ya~

This post has been edited by alex458: Dec 6 2011, 11:46 AM

there will be roughly about 10 liters of petrol left when the light kicks in..
with 10 liters.. then it depends on how you drive y0.. if use 10km/liter.. then it's about less than 100km (urban/city drive, very unlikely)

i am driving kelisa.. sadly no warning light installed..
but if the indicator turn to red, then i estimate it only can go for less than 80KM. if far from that, i sked my fueltank is empty la..

Your Wira has a 50L petrol tank. The next time the light comes on, fill your tank full and you'd know how much you have left when the lights come on.

The petrol warning indicator differs from car manufacturers. There is no set value as it varies from 8L to 12L.

Hahahaha like that ar..... pity to those owner which car doesn't have the warning light and forget to fuel up.
Because now i'm hitting the light on and i'm wondering i can reach other side before pump up.

unrelated but "btw" means "by the way"

i tried driving for 40km after the light blinks and was trying to hit 50km just to see how far can i drive with the light blinking.. but ended up car stalled at 44km

This post has been edited by trinityz: Dec 6 2011, 12:50 PM

yeah, I usually tell people to find a fuel station within 30 km.
my dad's waja on the other hand, has a totally useless fuel warning light. with fuel warning on, still can go 100+ km.

so we use the trip meter, fill in RM50 and go for 300+ km

never depend on the whatever fuel warning light. My friend's kenari fuel meter is spoilt. Only can estimate by resetting trip meter after refill.

i'm driving the same car as u.wira 1.6A yr 1999

i usually drive around 60km more when petrol warning light, no balls to try further. 1time, i drove till it was really empty until it jerks, struggling for petrol. luckily there was one nearby

Some people said when the warning fuel indicator lights up, their cars still could go up to 50km~80km depending on your car. My light indicator popped out before while i was on the highway, to melaka. I still could drive about 30km to the nearest petrol stop. And i only managed to pump in RM61 worth of petrol before the petrol nearly spilled out. So i guess its inaccurate. Just get to the nearest petrol stop when the warning light lights up.

For smart forfour, the display to change to Low Fuel and 5.0L - enough for 50+ km depending on speed.

why not pump whenever you see the fuel is low?

you dont save/waste any petrol, you dont need to worry about it, and there is no risk.

what do you get from worry about the car no petrol and risk break down on the road?

not F1 pit stop rule right?

This post has been edited by turbocharged: Dec 6 2011, 02:28 PM

Depend on fuel meter is enough. My house Unser sometime will show fuel warning light when im going down a level car park which is a slope but the there are still more than half of the fuel in tank. Thats why i dont depend on the light.

2" detected.

veteran drivers knows never to rely on the warning light. always rely on the trip meter.

By the way, the fuel meter hit bottom line of the meter bar mean it is going empty right?
mine car fuel meter quite sensitive.

Exp: my fuel meter reach at the last bar, if i accelerate hard, the meter will drop to bottom. After a while, it goes back to the original position.

My 94 wira quite funny........

the reserve level is approx 15% of the tank.

my car got estimated distance before fuel tank totally empty. usually warning light comes on when i have 55-65km left.

30-50km left?

Well in mine, the low fuel warning indicator will popped up on and off when the fuel meter is about 3/4 towards the last bar and will turn on constantly when the fuel meter reaches last bar. Usually I'll find a station to refill to the extent of additional 30km of driving. Not that i cant find any fueling station and there isn't any need to drive till empty so I'll say the low fuel warning indicator works just fine for me. As regarding to some who uses trip meter instead of the low fuel warning indicator, I'll wish u guys luck not to get stranded out on the road without fuel in time. To me the trip meter can varies anywhere between 0-50km or more each refill pending how heavy my right foot is. To each their own.