stuzbot
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I know that's a bit of a "How long is a piece of string?" question. But roughly how much juice is left in the tank after the orange fuel warning light comes on?
Mine came on yesterday on the way to collect the missus from work. Only 4 miles there and back, but up lots of steep, narrow, windy country lanes. So the engine was working quite hard and I was worried about the fuel pickup sucking up some crud, due to the sloshing of the nearly empty tank, with all that twisty driving.
After getting to her work and home, the nearest garage is in Hexham [10 miles away]. I thought Toyota would probably have given us enough leeway to get there too, after a fuel warning. But I thought the engine smelled like it was running a bit hotter than normal [sucking up dirty fuel in the bottom of the tank, or just struggling slightly with a less than ideal feed?]. So I erred on the side of caution and took the van to Hexham instead and brought back a jerrican full of diesel for the Collie.
Mine came on yesterday on the way to collect the missus from work. Only 4 miles there and back, but up lots of steep, narrow, windy country lanes. So the engine was working quite hard and I was worried about the fuel pickup sucking up some crud, due to the sloshing of the nearly empty tank, with all that twisty driving.
After getting to her work and home, the nearest garage is in Hexham [10 miles away]. I thought Toyota would probably have given us enough leeway to get there too, after a fuel warning. But I thought the engine smelled like it was running a bit hotter than normal [sucking up dirty fuel in the bottom of the tank, or just struggling slightly with a less than ideal feed?]. So I erred on the side of caution and took the van to Hexham instead and brought back a jerrican full of diesel for the Collie.