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Dave M. · 06-10-2008, 02:14 PM

My 2006 Elise seems to be thinking that the gas tank is empty when in fact there seems to be .75 of a gallon left in the tank. The tank holds 10.6. The warning comes on at 1.3. For the first 18 months whenever I filled up it took an amount of fuel that made sense. In the last 6 months the car has stopped running twice, both times when I was sitting with the engine running for 5 or 10 minutes. (which I don't normally do) It acted like it ran out of gas. Both times I put half a gallon in the tank and it started right back up and I drove less than a mile to a station. Both times it took only 9.2 to fill up. This means a variance of roughly .75 to 1 gallon. It did not do this before. Whenever I filled it up it took what I was expecting it to take.

For the past 6 months when the 1.3 comes on, at around 1 bar, it drops very rapidly to nothing, usually within 10 miles. At 1.3 I would expect to be able to go another 35 miles or so. The way the fuel gauge is acting it also seems to be thinking the tank is empty when there is still around .75 in the tank.

This has nothing to do with the miles per gallon. This has held steady at 27 - 28.

Comments?

06-10-2008, 02:14 PM	#1 (permalink)
Dave M. Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1	Fuel Tank / Fuel Gauge Problem My 2006 Elise seems to be thinking that the gas tank is empty when in fact there seems to be .75 of a gallon left in the tank. The tank holds 10.6. The warning comes on at 1.3. For the first 18 months whenever I filled up it took an amount of fuel that made sense. In the last 6 months the car has stopped running twice, both times when I was sitting with the engine running for 5 or 10 minutes. (which I don't normally do) It acted like it ran out of gas. Both times I put half a gallon in the tank and it started right back up and I drove less than a mile to a station. Both times it took only 9.2 to fill up. This means a variance of roughly .75 to 1 gallon. It did not do this before. Whenever I filled it up it took what I was expecting it to take. For the past 6 months when the 1.3 comes on, at around 1 bar, it drops very rapidly to nothing, usually within 10 miles. At 1.3 I would expect to be able to go another 35 miles or so. The way the fuel gauge is acting it also seems to be thinking the tank is empty when there is still around .75 in the tank. This has nothing to do with the miles per gallon. This has held steady at 27 - 28. Comments?