Petrol gauge

[Christophe]

Now i have a 172 ff and wondered if it was just my car but when I fill my car the needle goes to the top and the first half goes down sooooo quickly compared to the bottom 2/3 bars.

i mean i go through 2 bars from filling in 25 miles!!! and thats with no ragging. but then it eases off. Really demoralising lol

The last 2 bars last ages luckily

 

[tillu11]

ha, mine does that as well, first few bars go in like 10 mins then it really slows down but unlike yours the last 2 bars dissapear in 10 mins as well really annoying.

 

[Leeshez]

Mine looses the first two bars after about 40 miles then takes ages to get to half and a while to empty.

 

[Christophe]

cool so not just mine lol. Its so demoralising when you've just filled up and 2 bars gone down in 25/30 miles

 

[Dcds4]

its because its a s**t renault....

 

[Leeshez]

cool so not just mine lol. Its so demoralising when you've just filled up and 2 bars gone down in 25/30 miles

Get out of the car go to the back read the badges 3 times and this will explain all lol.

 

[cxp381]

Might it be down to the shape of the fuel tank? My old Mk1 diesel did something similar...

 

[John D]

Mine does that. Stupid gauge

 

[col182]

probs a stupid question but does any1 know what the i and r stand for on the petrol guage (i'm guessin it's french)

 

[Leeshez]

i is full and r - refill ?

 

[rctempire]

My Mark 1 also is famous for this, the best one is when i switch of the engine at night with say a full or half tank. When i start the car up in the morning ive gone down by 2 bars. Really weird.

Just Renault quality.

 

[StevieGreenstuff]

My Mark 1 also is famous for this, the best one is when i switch of the engine at night with say a full or half tank. When i start the car up in the morning ive gone down by 2 bars. Really weird.

Just Renault quality.

Do you have a locking fuel cap? Ever found a length of hose sat in the road by your rear wheel?

TBF, my fuel guage does the same rapid decent thing, and ocassionally decides to be nowhere near where it was last time I ran the car.

 

[Monkey_beast_182]

^ lol!

In reality the non-linearity is due to the odd shape of the clio fuel tank - its narrower at the top than the bottom, so the level drops more quickly at the top of the tank than nearer the bottom. You'd have thought they'd put a non-linear sender on the fuel guage, but no, it's a linear one!

 

[rctempire]

Do you have a locking fuel cap? Ever found a length of hose sat in the road by your rear wheel?

TBF, my fuel guage does the same rapid decent thing, and ocassionally decides to be nowhere near where it was last time I ran the car.

I do have a locking fuel cap, and yes, where the fuel filler is, the black hose, i wondered what it was, but when i had the car on the ramp it made it clear. Dangerous to have it just there with no protection to people putting holes in it.

Does your clio do the fuel thing when you switch the car off and on?

 

[Christophe]

^ lol!

In reality the non-linearity is due to the odd shape of the clio fuel tank - its narrower at the top than the bottom, so the level drops more quickly at the top of the tank than nearer the bottom. You'd have thought they'd put a non-linear sender on the fuel guage, but no, it's a linear one!

that explains it

 

[mrgund]

It wouldn't be so bad would it if it wasn't so god damn expensive to fill up these days!

I can remember putting a fiver in my old Nova and it lasting me a week nearly!

 

[TimR26]

R stands for Reserve from back when cars used to have reserve tanks.

 

[Oggy997]

I notice this all the time.....spent £50 the last week on fuel, most Ive done since my 1st week of ownership!

 

[Jen]

I noticed this on mine too... glad it's not just me

 

[Michael172]

my old 1.2 was like that. fisrt 2 bard went like shazzam, then the top half was good. then, the bottom half went like a shot, and i hit red when i got to 300 miles.

 

[BLUE-STORM]

yer i get that two , i put 45.00 in and the after 80.00 i was on half way or less , it stay full for a bit then sudelny drop well fast but botton half lasts a wile , so is there a reassion for tis then as every one gets the same thing , waht are peopls MPGs at the time .mine is about 38.9

 

[Ja5on]

its just a clio thing