Fuel remaining displays: - - - -

[Millen]

Hi guys,

loving my new 172 after a few days ownership. One little niggle I have with the car is the fuel remaining display on the trip computer.

All the other functions work fine but when I select the remaining fuel option i just get - - - - on the display.

Anyone have any ideas as to what i can do to fix it? Is it likely to be just a sensor gone or something more tricky?

Cheers

Dan

 

[sean_d]

It does that once you have less than about 30 miles worth afaik

 

[ForceIndia]

Yep, once the fuel warning light comes on the display does that.

 

[Millen]

Yep, once the fuel warning light comes on the display does that.

Thanks for the quick replies guys. But this is with a full tank. Any ideas?

 

[ForceIndia]

Does it give you the mpg readings etc?

 

[Ronnie R]

Thanks for the quick replies guys. But this is with a full tank. Any ideas?

Try resetting everything ?

 

[Millen]

Try resetting everything ?

I have done this too mate. Reset all the displays by holding the button next to the display.

 

[Millen]

Does it give you the mpg readings etc?

Yes the mpg works fine. Travel to santa pod and back on the weekend. Over 300 miles of motorway and a little A and B roads, i got 45 mpg.

My astra used to get 30 if i was lucky.

 

[Millen]

Anyone else had the same problem, or any ideas?

 

[fil_b]

how many miles u do?? does take about a mile or so to sort the MPG out

 

[DanFreemanPhoto]

I know Burp had this problem on his 172 as well. Everything worked fine apart from the mileage remaining display - it just displayed '---'.

The way he fixed it was by accident, after he did a remap using the RSTuner, it worked again!

 

[Jonny1*2]

There is another way to find out how much you have. Hold down the trip button for 2 sec, then turn the keys to ignition. You will hear beeping and the dials will move up and down. If you click the trip computer a few times there it a *L remaining. That doesn't go -------. Make sure you turn the ignition off before starting the car up though.

 

[Millen]

There is another way to find out how much you have. Hold down the trip button for 2 sec, then turn the keys to ignition. You will hear beeping and the dials will move up and down. If you click the trip computer a few times there it a *L remaining. That doesn't go -------. Make sure you turn the ignition off before starting the car up though.

Well what you have described above works Jonny, hmmm, i wonder what it could be. 16 L is what the display says, about right for a 1/4 of a tank i would say.

Maybe it might work now i have done the above. We will see.

 

[Jonny1*2]

no it won't work like that mate. You'll just have to do this check once the normal trip thing goes ------. Just to give you an indication of how much is left.

Another option is to take out some petrol in a can and see how far you get till the engine dies

 

[Dave H]

If you get ---- on the display take it as a warning that your very low on fuel.I had this on my 172 Cup when l bought it.It went from a range of 40 miles to ---- and l thought l had about 30 miles left....l ran out on the fast lane at 70 mph about 15 miles later :S

 

[DanFreemanPhoto]

^ Yes but in this case '---' is displayed constantly, ie. even after filling up.

 

[Dave H]

^ Yes but in this case '---' is displayed constantly, ie. even after filling up.

Then theres a fault.It'll need pulling in and checking....

 

[s88urd]

take it petrol gauge and everything else works ok?
I have this on mine and was a dodgy fuel sender unit, however this also resulted in my petrol gauge spiking and then dropping

 

[Millen]

take it petrol gauge and everything else works ok?
I have this on mine and was a dodgy fuel sender unit, however this also resulted in my petrol gauge spiking and then dropping

Yea my gauge works fine, or I haven't noticed it going funny. Where is the fuel sender on the clio? In the tank?

 

[s88urd]

lift up the o/s passenger seat and you will see a black plastic cover, pull that off and there will be like a black screw cover, the fuel sender is held in by this (usually is a white see through-ish plastic)

 

[Millen]

^^^ thanks alot for the help mate. I may check it out, any ideas on the price of the fuel sender by any chance? If not I will ring renault and make sure i'm sitting down lol

 

[DannyR]

Mine does this too. Doesn't bother me to much as been driving it for a while so can guage how much I'll get on whats left!

Was annoying finding it didn't work few months back though!