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What happens at "Miles to empty" at 0mi - 7/27/2006 5:25:48 PM    Leto   Posts: 48 Joined: 8/22/2005 Status: offline Today I drove my car to where the display said that I had 5mi left. I wonder what happens when the display hits 0mi. Is there then still a reserve left? Will the car stall at exactly the "0mi" display? _____________________________ -Ivo ('02 Audi S4 automatic, stock) Post #: 1

RE: What happens at "Miles to empty" at 0mi - 7/28/2006 1:18:44 AM    InExile   Posts: 854 Joined: 3/1/2006 From: Black Mountain, NC Status: offline here is what my car does .... at 50 to E it beeps and flashes the low fuel light .... when it reaches 30 to E ..it starts displaying E so the reserve is 30mi to E _____________________________ I can't help you, i don't have any money.For other questions click here (in reply to Leto) Post #: 2

RE: What happens at "Miles to empty" at 0mi - 7/28/2006 9:42:23 AM    Leto   Posts: 48 Joined: 8/22/2005 Status: offline So what happens when it hits 0, after those 30 miles are gone as well? How much reserve is left then? _____________________________ -Ivo ('02 Audi S4 automatic, stock) (in reply to InExile) Post #: 3

RE: What happens at "Miles to empty" at 0mi - 7/28/2006 3:32:13 PM    InExile   Posts: 854 Joined: 3/1/2006 From: Black Mountain, NC Status: offline i would gues that nothing is left but fumes ... the owners manual should tell you this or discibe how it shold be _____________________________ I can't help you, i don't have any money.For other questions click here (in reply to Leto) Post #: 4

RE: What happens at "Miles to empty" at 0mi - 8/17/2006 12:11:26 AM    Bondga Posts: 1158 Joined: 8/15/2006 Status: offline Just becasue you hit zero dosn't mean your out of gas. The miles left per tank is calculated by your average fuel consumption. If it says 10 miles left and you floor it it will quickly jump from 10 to 5 to 0 even though you may not be out of gas. I've hit the zero mark before, I was on the way to the gas station and forgot what i was doing and passed it then ended up driving about 5 miles on the zero mile mark to the next one. The car didnt stall or sputter it just kept on going. (in reply to Leto) Post #: 5

RE: What happens at "Miles to empty" at 0mi - 8/24/2006 6:28:21 AM    david9999 Posts: 4317 Joined: 7/17/2004 Status: offline Above is correct. I've run down that low a couple of times and it appears like i have about 1 gallon left. However running the tank that low sucks up the accumulated crud into the fuel filter. Try not to run that low. _____________________________ 2000 A4 1.8T Quattro tip APR 93 chip 710N ECS N75 Race Valve Tip Chip Borla Exhaust Sports Suspension Cracked windshield (again), 3rd timing belt (in reply to Bondga) Post #: 6

RE: What happens at "Miles to empty" at 0mi - 9/28/2006 12:05:24 AM    prbayha Posts: 505 Joined: 6/30/2006 Status: offline Funny you mention it: I s*** you not, this happened 2 days ago! I hit 0 on the display leaving work and headed straight to the gas station. It was 1/2 mile away. My car holds 21 gallons. When I filled up, it stopped at 19 gallons. I had 2 gallons left. With my car (city driving) I get 15-16 mpg. So, I figured I had 30-32 miles left. Hell, the AUDI engineers knew we would push this and though ahead. Morale of the story: Fill up when the as light goes on...duh _____________________________ 2001 Audi A6 4.2 Sport - Silver 2004 Lexus IS 300 SD - Black (in reply to david9999) Post #: 7

RE: What happens at "Miles to empty" at 0mi - 11/7/2006 9:38:35 AM    Jayhova804   Posts: 21 Joined: 6/22/2005 Status: offline I get scared when I get around 10 - 15 Hopefully I never see Zero (in reply to prbayha) Post #: 8

RE: What happens at "Miles to empty" at 0mi - 11/8/2006 2:10:50 PM    GTOrleans   Posts: 125 Joined: 10/18/2006 Status: offline I think prbayha is right, i came into the gas station a couple miles passed 0, and after filling up i was about 2 gallons shy of a having completely empty tank. _____________________________ 02' A4 1.8TQM - Neuspeed Program - Neuspeed Exhaust - Carbonio - Blacked out Tails - USP Wheels - 15% Tint - Painted Lowers - 2 CVR 12's - Planet Audio 1250D (in reply to Jayhova804) Post #: 9

RE: What happens at "Miles to empty" at 0mi - 11/10/2006 5:29:50 AM    chaos92287 Posts: 8044 Joined: 8/29/2006 From: Ft. Lauderdale/ Tallahassee, FL Status: offline ya the indicator isn't perfect. the gauge's is almost every car are off by a little. i've gotten to 0 before but i was still able to go another 10 miles. i literally couldn't find any gas station and was lost on this little roadtrip. otherwise i always fill up as soon as the gas light lights up. i defintely don't recommend going any lower than that for the reason david9999 stated _____________________________ NOOBS CLICK HERE http://ganja-grove.myminicity.com/sec http://ganja-grove.myminicity.com/ind (in reply to GTOrleans) Post #: 10

RE: What happens at "Miles to empty" at 0mi - 3/25/2007 7:34:20 AM    Mooosey Posts: 52 Joined: 3/3/2006 Status: offline me too. I've done about 20 miles on zero, only coz i left cash at home, when ever i fill up from empty I only ever seem to put 59 litres in and it's a 70 litre tank, I just think Audi put this on just to annoy you when you switch ignition on and BLEEEEEPPPPP (in reply to chaos92287) Post #: 11

RE: What happens at "Miles to empty" at 0mi - 3/25/2007 10:08:25 AM    turbo kraut Posts: 2874 Joined: 11/6/2006 From: Des Peres, Mo Status: online i will tell you that you keep playing  "lets see how low we can go" and you be putting in a new fuel pump....... your pump also gets hot when you get that low cause there isn't enough gas to keep it submerged and it heats up and wears out _____________________________ S4 bumper coming soon:) (in reply to Mooosey) Post #: 12

RE: What happens at "Miles to empty" at 0mi - 3/29/2007 5:30:27 PM    myaudi98 Posts: 1802 Joined: 4/13/2006 From: cincy, oh Status: offline my tank is 18.5 gallons. I hit 0 miles once and i filled up to 18.7 gallons? hahaha then i found out that there is 2.6 in reserve from the owners manual. I refil at 50 miles now. _____________________________ I miss the A4 (in reply to turbo kraut) Post #: 13

RE: What happens at "Miles to empty" at 0mi - 4/5/2007 9:46:17 AM    alan93 Posts: 334 Joined: 1/25/2007 Status: offline Mine holds 16.5 Last time it got to 0 I filled it up and it only took 10 gallans. My FSU is bad obviously but don't understand why the mpg calculation works. It shows 28.2 mpg average which is about right. I would think it is all tied to the level detection. _____________________________ (in reply to myaudi98) Post #: 14

RE: What happens at "Miles to empty" at 0mi - 4/10/2007 3:53:48 PM    myaudi98 Posts: 1802 Joined: 4/13/2006 From: cincy, oh Status: offline Speaking of MPG reading, i got the car at 50k and average is 20.9. I reset and have driven 15k and average is 23.5 person before me must have beat it hard. or never shifted _____________________________ I miss the A4 (in reply to alan93) Post #: 15

RE: What happens at "Miles to empty" at 0mi - 4/10/2007 4:05:25 PM    Leto   Posts: 48 Joined: 8/22/2005 Status: offline You realize that you can reset that setting as much as you want, right? I  reset it every tank. When I fill up and then drive off the gas station lot, it'll read 8mpg average :) _____________________________ -Ivo ('02 Audi S4 automatic, stock) (in reply to myaudi98) Post #: 16

RE: What happens at "Miles to empty" at 0mi - 4/10/2007 4:14:35 PM    myaudi98 Posts: 1802 Joined: 4/13/2006 From: cincy, oh Status: offline yeah i know but the lady that had it never did. you can also get the current MPG to read 200 if you go down hill at 60 mph in nuetral! lol _____________________________ I miss the A4 (in reply to Leto) Post #: 17

RE: What happens at "Miles to empty" at 0mi - 7/6/2007 6:47:45 AM    Pablo_Ottawa   Posts: 457 Joined: 2/12/2007 Status: offline It's all BS to make you paranoid.... I went doen to 30kms once according to my "computer" and my gauge still read about 1/8th of a tank. Now knowing that I have a 70 litre tank and 10 litres will usually give you 100kms, I was curious to see how much I had to fill it. Well it turns out I had around 20 litres still left in the tank. Now I know that the next time I'm n a pinch, I can hold out. The computer over compensates to get you to fill up sooner which is what you should be doing anyway. It's bad practice to wait until you're absolutely empty before you fill it up. _____________________________ 02 A4 1.8T Quattro Manual (in reply to Leto) Post #: 18

RE: What happens at "Miles to empty" at 0mi - 7/7/2007 7:14:37 AM    ScottVernon   Posts: 3 Joined: 6/19/2007 Status: offline Working for an Audi Dealership, there are many time that I do not feel like getting gas.  You have approx 15 miles after it reaches the 0mi. _____________________________ Scott Vernon Porsche/Audi Sales Len Stoler Automotive Group 11309 Reisterstown Road Owings Mills, MD 21117 410.902.1251 direct 410.227.3662 cell ScottVernon@yahoo.com (in reply to Pablo_Ottawa) Post #: 19

RE: What happens at "Miles to empty" at 0mi - 9/5/2007 8:18:59 PM    neverfollowne1   Posts: 5 Joined: 9/3/2007 Status: offline a car can run on fumes for about 25-30 miles... i do not recomend it but it is possible (in reply to ScottVernon) Post #: 20

RE: What happens at "Miles to empty" at 0mi - 9/14/2007 4:07:08 PM    BAMF Posts: 906 Joined: 4/29/2007 Status: offline So suppose you have a chip tune for race gas (100 octane). How low should you run it on 93 before putting the race gas in and switching your tune? I can't imagine anyone buying a full tank of 100! If you run it down to 0 mi left and then put 5 gal of 100 octane, then you've still got 2 gal of 93 diluting it. _____________________________ Turbochargers whistle while they work, superchargers whine while they screw. (in reply to neverfollowne1) Post #: 21

RE: What happens at "Miles to empty" at 0mi - 11/18/2007 11:51:13 PM    kevinc   Posts: 3 Joined: 10/16/2007 Status: offline ...Your gonna like this answer... Put a 1/2" gate valve on the bottom of your tank and just before you fill up with your "race gas" drain the underpowered, evil "93 octane" onto the ever-absorbing mother earth. she'll thank you, the gas companies will thank you, and most importantly, you'll be proud you did! -author takes no responsibility in aforementioned advice and further, condones neither destroying our planet, nor contributing to the pocketbooks of the tyranical oil companies anymore than is necessary...Have a nice day. (in reply to BAMF) Post #: 22

RE: What happens at "Miles to empty" at 0mi - 11/19/2007 12:39:50 PM    BAMF Posts: 906 Joined: 4/29/2007 Status: offline Ya know, that would be a good way to periodically purge all of the funk in the bottom of your tank too! _____________________________ Turbochargers whistle while they work, superchargers whine while they screw. (in reply to kevinc) Post #: 23

RE: What happens at "Miles to empty" at 0mi - 5/18/2008 6:15:10 PM    Sublime865   Posts: 119 Joined: 1/22/2008 From: Rutland, Vermont, USA Status: offline well once I let the stealership work on my car for 3 weeks, turns out I can go 350 miles on E, but then the fuel guage started working again after 3 fill ups ;) Stupid Kinney motors haha _____________________________ -- Andrew~ 2003 Audi A4 1.8T Quattro - Just hit 60k! Carbonio CAI Waiting: APR R1 DV TT Injectors APR Stage 1+ Chip New rims/tyres APR Sport Exhaust Rear-lip spoiler (so my B6 doesnt have the ass-end of a melted stick of butter) (in reply to BAMF) Post #: 24

RE: What happens at "Miles to empty" at 0mi - 5/31/2008 6:39:09 PM    harryd14 Posts: 402 Joined: 5/3/2008 Status: offline i have a random question, but i was just wondering whats the highest anybody has ever got on their car after they fill it up as to how many miles they have left until empty... i think the highest i have ever seen is like 425 _____________________________ 2005.5 A4 2.0Tq 6speed Dolphin Grey K&N Air Filter (in reply to Sublime865) Post #: 25

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