R for empty on petrol gauge

Levo · Mar 26, 2004

Dont know if this has been asked before.

Petrol gauge:

Number 1 for full - I understand.

R for empty - confused.
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Does anyone know what the R stands for?

Paul_P1 · Mar 26, 2004

Reserve?

king.stromba · Mar 26, 2004

Refill

Levo · Mar 26, 2004

Whats French for empty?

TheCake · Mar 26, 2004

vide

Viv172 · Mar 26, 2004

Red as in "in the red"

cliomk2 · Mar 26, 2004

I thought the R was for reserve ?

As its running on the reserve tank. Dunno though.

Tom_16v · Mar 26, 2004

Reserve...

king.stromba · Mar 26, 2004

Refill

Dan## · Mar 26, 2004

r****d, go buy petrol??

1fast6 · Mar 26, 2004

its reserve. the needle with go below R, at least it did on the old clios, using up your reserve petrol.

Dash · Mar 26, 2004

R stands for Rest Assured.

You are going to have a bad day if you ignore it.

Moose1978 · Mar 27, 2004

R stands for run. As in get running to the petrol station

DARKO · Mar 27, 2004

Quote: Originally posted by ClioDan on 26 March 2004

r****d, go buy petrol??

Good answer!!!

TheJesus · Mar 27, 2004

Quote: Originally posted by RTvalver on 26 March 2004

its reserve. the needle with go below R, at least it did on the old clios, using up your reserve petrol.

correct, you shouldnt run the car with that low an amount of fuel anyway!

Ben j · Mar 27, 2004

yes u have a 40litre and a 10 litre tank in the old 16v so r meant ur runnin on the 10L reserve

SteveJJH · Mar 27, 2004

rempty

Lee · Mar 27, 2004

R stands for rain, as thats what its bound to be doing as you walk to the nearest petrol station

JAY172 · Mar 27, 2004

Quote: Originally posted by RTvalver on 26 March 2004

its reserve. the needle with go below R, at least it did on the old clios, using up your reserve petrol.

there is a smaller reserve tank on valvers..When you reach empty it switches on a electric fuel pump which transfers petrol out of the reserve tank into the main tank.

JAY172 · Mar 27, 2004

Quote: Originally posted by TheJesus on 27 March 2004

Quote: Originally posted by RTvalver on 26 March 2004

its reserve. the needle with go below R, at least it did on the old clios, using up your reserve petrol.

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correct, you shouldnt run the car with that low an amount of fuel anyway!

shouldnt matter. The fuel pump sucks out the fuel from the bottem of the tank wether its full or empty.

Levo · Mar 27, 2004

Quote: Originally posted by JAY172 on 27 March 2004

Quote: Originally posted by TheJesus on 27 March 2004

Quote: Originally posted by RTvalver on 26 March 2004

its reserve. the needle with go below R, at least it did on the old clios, using up your reserve petrol.

Click to expand...

correct, you shouldnt run the car with that low an amount of fuel anyway!

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shouldnt matter. The fuel pump sucks out the fuel from the bottem of the tank wether its full or empty.

Started to get a bit worried then, my car is always low on fuel, glad to here that it isnt doing it any damage.

Biggy · Mar 27, 2004

Quote: Originally posted by SteveJJH on 27 March 2004

rempty

Thats the scooby doo answer

SteveJJH · Mar 27, 2004

yeah riggy

1fast6 · Mar 27, 2004

Quote: Originally posted by JAY172 on 27 March 2004

Quote: Originally posted by RTvalver on 26 March 2004

its reserve. the needle with go below R, at least it did on the old clios, using up your reserve petrol.

Click to expand...

there is a smaller reserve tank on valvers..When you reach empty it switches on a electric fuel pump which transfers petrol out of the reserve tank into the main tank.

not just on valvers jay surely? what about 1.4/1.8/RSi etc. i would of thought it was a common design, maybe not all the same size etc but still a reserve tank.

JAY172 · Mar 27, 2004

yes its probably on them all i just wasnt sure.

Levo · Mar 27, 2004

Quote: Originally posted by Biggy on 27 March 2004

Quote: Originally posted by SteveJJH on 27 March 2004

rempty

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Thats the scooby doo answer

LOL, Im in a silly mood and have been chuckling at that for about an hour.

Rich_M · Mar 27, 2004

the petrol light comes on with 47 miles to go on my clio, the trip thingy so id say reserve.

rt172 · Mar 27, 2004

Rien, French for "Nothing"?

matt the cat · Mar 29, 2004

Rubbish? - as in bulid quality

Ali · Mar 29, 2004

I did 40miles on empty the other weekend...Couldnt find a fuel station! In the the middle of f*cking nowhere. changing at 2k revs...Lol.

matt the cat · Mar 29, 2004

Renault!?

Louise · Mar 29, 2004

Yeah I always thought it was Rien...

S2 PTH · Mar 29, 2004

i drove my 04 clio for 45miles on the red last nite! cudnt believe it- but i was driving really slowly!

-phil-

Floodie · Mar 29, 2004

Rupert - after the guy who invented empty petrol tanks

?

Ben H · Mar 29, 2004

Its Rien

Ive had my clocks converted to Welsh though

http://www.penllergaer-village.co.uk/welsh-flag.gif

Moby · Mar 29, 2004

lol!

Its all very fuctional on the CTR - 1 for full and 0 for empty.

How very binary of them!

fUbAr · Mar 30, 2004

R stands for "Read into it what u want, what really matters is that the needle is in a red section and they didnt choose that colour cos it looked pretty, so write this down and stick it on your sun visor so u can read it next time your gauge gets to R"

umm..... did u get all that?

R for empty on petrol gauge

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