Fill up today at a car wash.
Get the MINI washed.
Start the MINI. Gas gauge reads below empty and the OBC reads — for miles remaining.
Stayed that way until I restarted her, about 10 minutes. Then, back to full and 400 on the OBC.
Anyone else seen this?
Yea, I did have some guage issues earlier in the year and my dealer had to replace the sender unit – remind them to calibrate it before you leave. Here is the article http://www.murmini.com/articles/2005/12/29/fuel-gauge-problems-fixed
I had the same problem in my 96 Z3. Full tank of gas follewed by hard cornering and the gas gauge went to empty. A restart and it would be fine. A full but not topped off tank and it was fine. They replaced the sending unit and it was better for a while then returned. I lerned to live with it as part of the cars personality.
I saw almost the same thing once. Filled up the tank. Parked the car overnight. Next morning, tank reads empty. It took a couple hours of driving or a couple of starts before it was back to reading normally.
wow…so I am the only person on the planet to not have seen this.
I feel like Todd before he got a flickr account ;)
I’ve never seen it, either ;)
I have something like that but not quite the same. My light that tells me fuel is low sometimes stays on, often goes out when I add more fuel or within a day and it’s very rare for it to stay lit when I fill up.