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Old 11th May 2021, 21:23   #8
ceedy
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All Trophy Blue ,ZT260#50 , ZT CDTI Auto, ZR105+ and 1.8T Firefrost spoiling the Set .

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I know my car after 17 years, ,. It's pumps are all ok and often gets down to low levels ..
It will actually do over 20 miles after the range reads zero.

Got to 25 mile's and filled up .
Don't panic Mr Mannering ..







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Originally Posted by COLVERT View Post
As your car is a diesel and you only had about 40 miles of diesel in it you are taking a chance that it might stop altogether.

The general advice with a diesel is to NEVER let your tank fall below a quarter full. --If the in-tank pump is dead you might be starting, with your rough tick over, to be experiencing the start of the under-bonnet pump failing. ---
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