Interesting Discoveries Thread (Good or Bad)

[Gargamel]

I have less than 20km left on the meter. Will see how many litres i can fill the car with later today.

 

[Danny5]

I drive a freeway home everyday that can be fairly empty. I've noticed that adaptive cruise control will let you know if it detects a car in your lane. When a car is detected, then a second vehicle shows up on the adaptive cruise control distance meter. I found that I would start slowing pretty far out from vehicles, even when my distance was sent to minimum. Now I know when to change lanes to avoid the traffic.

 

[General_Vodka]

I discovered that a "10" on the wire does not mean AWG 10, it means 10 mm2. So close to AWG 8. Everyone should just pick one system and stick with it.

 

[87and66]

I discovered that a "10" on the wire does not mean AWG 10, it means 10 mm2. So close to AWG 8. Everyone should just pick one system and stick with it.

Electrical engineer here; AWG means “American Wire Gauge”. So as usual, we Americans are the ones who just haaaavvee to be different. Any wiring that comes from another country probably won’t use AWG. Personally, I wish we’d adopt the metric system

 

[General_Vodka]

Electrical engineer here; AWG means “American Wire Gauge”. So as usual, we Americans are the ones who just haaaavvee to be different. Any wiring that comes from another country probably won’t use AWG. Personally, I wish we’d adopt the metric system

Yep that's what I figured it was. Also found out that the car does not like it when I plug my cheap OBD2 reader in. Random lights start flickering

 

[Gargamel]

I have less than 20km left on the meter. Will see how many litres i can fill the car with later today.

Got little over 55 liters of 98 octane into the tank for about 948 SEK.
which means ~12.5 gallons for the price of ~$97 USD.

 

[eflyguy]

Got little over 55 liters

So you had 5l left.

 

[Gargamel]

So you had 5l left.

no idea.
when i arrived at the gas station i had ~14 km left according to the car, and got little over 55L in the tank.

 

[eflyguy]

Tank holds 60, and my distance remaining typically goes to 0 at about 4l / 1 US gal.

 

[Ozstung]

Tank holds 60, and my distance remaining typically goes to 0 at about 4l / 1 US gal.

I do not run my tank below quarter empty as I've been told any impurities settle to the bottom of the tank and can clog up your injectors.

 

[eflyguy]

I do not run my tank below quarter empty as I've been told any impurities settle to the bottom of the tank and can clog up your injectors.

lol.. you do realize the fuel pickup is in the lowest part of the tank anyway, so all fuel comes from there, and there are filters both in the tank on the pickup, and along the fuel line?

I'm guessing that advice came from a "knowledgable relative"?

 

[nhcowboy28]

I do not run my tank below quarter empty as I've been told any impurities settle to the bottom of the tank and can clog up your injectors.

If only they had something they could put between the fuel tank and the injectors... some kind of filament... that might... filter the fuel.

 

[Ozstung]

lol.. you do realize the fuel pickup is in the lowest part of the tank anyway, so all fuel comes from there, and there are filters both in the tank on the pickup, and along the fuel line?

I'm guessing that advice came from a "knowledgable relative"?

....well the wife spent some time at the Shell fuel refinery and that " Knowledge" was imparted to her by someone there. And when I was young I had a Ford Escort and road service attending my broken down car showed me a flake of rust blocking a filter . So I guess that's where it might come from. Any others? I guess filters might just get blocked heaven forbid.

 

[Metalmania82]

Better safe than sorry, right? Kinda like the OCC's. Plenty of opinions on why to and not to use them. Little bit of insurance that doesn't hurt or cost much. I'm like you, never let any of my vehicles under a quarter tank, for same reasons as you stated but also because then it's not as bad on the wallet to fill up.

 

[Marc Collins]

Better safe than sorry, right? Kinda like the OCC's. Plenty of opinions on why to and not to use them. Little bit of insurance that doesn't hurt or cost much. I'm like you, never let any of my vehicles under a quarter tank, for same reasons as you stated but also because then it's not as bad on the wallet to fill up.

I guess you missed the part with the facts just above?

 

[eflyguy]

I guess you missed the part with the facts just above?

Their fuel pickups are is special.. they magically bend to draw fuel from the highest point.

 

[Silvermanor]

The concern over letting the tank run to empty isnt from clogging up injectors, its from clogging up the fuel filter.

 

[eflyguy]

The concern over letting the tank run to empty isnt from clogging up injectors, its from clogging up the fuel filter.

Which part of "fuel is collected from the lowest point in the tank" isn't clear to you?

 

[eljay]

The fuel pump on my Grand Prix did go out (after about 16 or 17 years), and the mechanic who fixed it told me to keep a 1/4 tank or more because the gas needs to be at least that high to keep the fuel pump cool, and overheating the pump makes it wear out faster. Like I was going to keep the GPGT long enough to find out.

Where would you get rust sediment? From rusty tanks at the stations? Aren't our Stinger fuel tanks plastic, to reduce weight?

 

[Silvermanor]

Which part of "fuel is collected from the lowest point in the tank" isn't clear to you?

I'm not disagreeing, I am stating that the poster had the subject of the myth wrong. That said, even if you were to ignore the fuel collection location, modern HPFP's, modern fuel and modern (plastic) fuel tanks negate the concern even more.