Not an issue really just an observation (a very sad/**** observation).
I've been working on customer site for the past couple of weeks and this week the 80 mile round trip has aligned itself with the notches on the petrol gauge e.g
Monday - gauge on full all the time (as they do)
Tuesday - first 1/4 used up
Wednesday - second 1/4 used up
after 4 days can't squeeze another trip out of it, so fill up.
Odd thing is what happens it between the 1/4 segments - the past two days I have got on the Motorway (9 miles from home) with the gauge a couple of mm below the top of the quarter segment the needle is in, after about 8 miles of motorway I look down and the gauge has dropped to a couple of mm above the end of the that segment. I then travel the rest of the way to work and back and arrive home with the gauge bang on the next segment. I was trying to keeping a closer eye today, but the car caught me napping and managed to sneek the big drop in over about 3 miles when traffic was distracting me.
At no point do I notice the gauge regaining the "lost" fuel - even after the stop/start at work.
Wierd...
...a couple of thoughs:
a) Is there a high speed fuel syphoning gang operating on the M4 eastbound?
b) Sudden drop always happens when I'm not looking - perhaps if I look will more my mpg go up?
c) Perhaps I should set up a video to watch the gauge (and the filler cap).
In reality I suspect it's something to with the way the fuel guage is damped and the terrain (windy up-hill section) before getting on the motorway in the morning. Very odd though.
I've been working on customer site for the past couple of weeks and this week the 80 mile round trip has aligned itself with the notches on the petrol gauge e.g
Monday - gauge on full all the time (as they do)
Tuesday - first 1/4 used up
Wednesday - second 1/4 used up
after 4 days can't squeeze another trip out of it, so fill up.
Odd thing is what happens it between the 1/4 segments - the past two days I have got on the Motorway (9 miles from home) with the gauge a couple of mm below the top of the quarter segment the needle is in, after about 8 miles of motorway I look down and the gauge has dropped to a couple of mm above the end of the that segment. I then travel the rest of the way to work and back and arrive home with the gauge bang on the next segment. I was trying to keeping a closer eye today, but the car caught me napping and managed to sneek the big drop in over about 3 miles when traffic was distracting me.
At no point do I notice the gauge regaining the "lost" fuel - even after the stop/start at work.
Wierd...
...a couple of thoughs:
a) Is there a high speed fuel syphoning gang operating on the M4 eastbound?
b) Sudden drop always happens when I'm not looking - perhaps if I look will more my mpg go up?
c) Perhaps I should set up a video to watch the gauge (and the filler cap).
In reality I suspect it's something to with the way the fuel guage is damped and the terrain (windy up-hill section) before getting on the motorway in the morning. Very odd though.
