Mon, 14 Sep 1998 14:44:44 +0100 - Message No. 3975
From: gmitropoulos@pnc.co.uk

Subject: Re: Petrol Tank: Main and Reserve, how much do I have left?


Frank,

Thanks for your reply. I would agree with you before last nights incident.
That's how I thought it is working. However, last night's incident proves
me andd you wrong...

When I switch to reserve, I always reset the tripmaster's second trip
meter, so I know exactly how many km I have done using the reserve. The
indication last night was...33!!! And something else. From a near by gas
station I bought 5lt of petrol (using a 5lt plastic container). I filled
the @ last night (it was almost empty) and switched back to main tank mode.
I' ve done about 30km since. I have not switched to reserve yet. What do
you think?


George





mueller1@cc.fh-lippe.de (Frank Mueller) on 14/09/98 14:51:00
                                                              
                                                              
                                                              
 To:      gmitropoulos@pnc.co.uk                              
                                                              
 cc:      (bcc: George Mitropoulos/PNC Ltd)                   
                                                              
                                                              
                                                              
 Subject: Re: (XRV) Petrol Tank: Main and Reserve, how much   
          do I have left?                                     
                                                              







>
> Last night something stupid happened to me. I run out of petrol.

Bad luck :-((

> I still can't grasp the consept of the reserve I think. With a full tank
I
> have 23 lt of petrol, 9 of which are reserved. Is that right?
> My main question is if I fill my tank half way do I still have the same
> amount of reserved petrol or do I have the half of it???

You always have the same amount of reserve petrol if you filled your tank
over
the reserve level.

> Does anybody know how it works??

The fuel switch is on the bottom of the fuel tank and there are two intakes
into
the switch. The intake for the normal use has got a tube of some
centimeters on
it. Till the top of this tube is the normal fuel level. Everything under
this
level is your reserve fuel you can use by swithing to the other intake
which is
on the bottom of your fuel tank.

I hope that helps.

bye
     Frank

PS: sorry for my bad english, but I hope you can understand it.






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