[W126 Coupe] Re: Reserve

[Axel Wulff]

I hope you never purposely ran out of fuel with a diesel. :-)

 

Cheers,

Axel

 

-----Original Message-----
From: mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com [mailto:mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com]
On Behalf Of Gerry Van Zandt
Sent: Friday, November 11, 2005 12:51 PM
To: mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com
Subject: [W126 Coupe] Re: Reserve

 

I seem to remember writing yesterday that you can obtain a good 50 miles
from when the reserve light flickers on. Did you not read my note from
yesterday?

 

I know this from experience because I have made it a habit on every Benz I
own, to purposely run it out of gas to see how accurate the light actually
is. (you record miles driven from the point that the light is steadily on
until it runs out of gas, knowing the amount of reserve fuel specc'd for the
car; this gives an idea of the accuracy of the fuel gauge in the critical
"lower quadrant" area if you know what I mean).

 

In reality you can get 60+ miles from when the light actually flickers on
(sometimes it comes on early if you are on an incline, etc.) but I
characterize it as a "reliable 50 miles" because this is achievable.

 

If you think about it, this is logical as the 560SEC gets 14-15 miles per US
gallon. And my experience with Benzes has been that there is always a bit
more fuel in the tank even above and beyond the reserve, perhaps a quart or
two in the bottom of the tank.

 

Cheers,

Gerry

Portland, Oregon, USA

 

 

 

 

On Nov 11, 2005, at 9:00 AM, mbcoupes-request at mbcoupes.com wrote:





Who really cares about how much reserve you have . We should all know about
how many miles we can go on reserve, about 25 to 30, I ask an important ??/
and get only one response. " How to install the rear fuel pump." My time is
too valuable to read about reserve. 25 miles is all I need to know.

Bob Rodgers

 

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