Mine always takes 38-39 litres when the light first comes on, and the gauge is just touching empty.

 

Thanks. I filled it up yesterday and I just about managed to get 30 litres in, and I had to keep trying after it clicked off several times. The fuel gauge shows just below full this time. That always happens when I fill up at Tesco's and the forecourt is on a slope. I'm wondering if the gauge may be faulty and it shows empty before it is. I don't really want to risk trying it and running out of petrol in an awkward spot though.

 

it would seem to me you would have 15 liters (ish) left then in your tank when your light comes on, check out the i10 secton, they have talked about when fuel lights come on before, everyones seems quite different

 

The manual says that the light turns on when you have 50 kilometres left.
When I fill it up 40-41 litres is the maximum I have had since I own the car.

 

QUOTE (Paarke @ Sep 10 2009, 03:22 PM) index.php?act=findpost&pid=262559

I'm wondering if the gauge may be faulty and it shows empty before it is.

Sounds likely, someone else has had this problem

http://www.hyundai-forums.com/index.php?sh...4&hl=sender

 

FYI,
I filled mine after the light went on yesterday,, 37 litres.

 

With my current vehicle (Citroen Berlingo), it's very seldom that the fuel gauge shows full. I usually fill up until the first 'cut out', squeeze the trigger slowly to round up to the nearest £ and that usually ends up showing ~7/8th on the fuel gauge. It must be something to do with the shape of the tank and the position of the vehicle (sloping one way or the other) ?

 

Hi

I'm facing a smilar problem, can't fill anything more than 30liters, I do filling only when the fuel gauge light comes on. Does anyone here ..found a reasoning for this?

 

My guess is, probably the car is on slope while filled up. i20 in my opinion is very sensitive to the slope.
Usually on mine the light comes on then kilometers to empty is about 100. Usually I drive 50 - 60 km after that. So there should be left less then 5 liters left in the tank. I always use the same petrol station and usually the same pump as well. I can fill about 40 - 41 liters.
Sometimes this pump is taken. Then I use different pump, whatever is vacant. Sometimes I can fill only 35 - 36 liters and kilomiters to empty after filling up is less then usual.
My petrol station looks flat, I can't spot any slope.
Note - the light comes on earlier then 50 kilometers left. Kilometers to empty goes blank, then you have less then 60 kilometers to empty.
Sorry about my English.

 

This might be the case when you fill the fuel using auto cutoff. After the auto cutoff, you can manage to fill another 10liters of fuel slowly. So next time, try filling the fuel very slowly.

 

My personal best is 42,6 l.

Then, i had been driving with the onbord computer blinking for about 30km.

I normally don´t drive like that, but i had a time to catch.

 

46 litres into a 45 litre tank?

Before I filled up yesterday, I could still do about 85 KMs. However, I managed to get 46 litres of fuel into my 45 litre tank? How is that possible? Could the pumps be misreading? I drive a 2010 i20

 

Dear Friends, My new Asta was drinking fuel (Diesel) into its tank like a real thirsty car. i filled it upto 40 when the auto cutoff was activated. But even after that the car was able to fill upto 48 litres and still morehttp://www.hyundai-forums.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif. But we stopped at 48, not wanting to take a risk of over flow or what so ever the event be. When i consulted my dealer they said that the actual tank along with the tubes that link fuel tank opening to the fuel tank totally can hold 52-54 litres of diesel. So it is normal that filling above 45. But try not to fill too much after cut-off, as the fuel may spill out of tank and may spoil the paint etc.

 

Fuel Tank



Your tank is a 45lt tank. If you drive your car until it is empty and the light goes on, you can still go 55KM this will show on your central computer, once the you exceed the 55km mark you will see that your computer shows the following --------

After 55KM your reserve starts to work and you can go another 30KM with your car, this is a safety feature.

If you exceed the 55KM mark you will be able to fill 45lt in your car.

 

Managed to get 44.29L in. It reckoned there was another 50 miles left in the tank. I did stop at £50 though. First click was at £47. Needed to get to £50 to get 20% cashback.

 

Hi, the most I've put into my petrol 1.4 2011 is 45.2L. And the furthest I have driven is 686 km. I read somewhere in one of those economy tests, they managed to get 53L into an i20, just to see how far they could get.

 

Fuel tank capacity

Hi,

i recently taken a pre-owned i20 2012 model first time i went for a full tank fillup surprisingly i was able to fill 44.90 liters as i heard that after the fuel indicator lights yellow i should be left with min 5 liters in tank as per the posts ,not able to judge is it wrong with the filling pump or with the fuel tank .

 

Hi, I would suggest that you do the following, every car owner should actually do this, get a fuel container and fill it with 4 litres of the same fuel your car use. Put the container with a funnel in your car boot when the fuel light comes on. Drive until your car actually run out of fuel. Note where the fuel gauge is and remembers this position, now you know where is the needle where your about to run out of fuel. Now use the funnel and fuel to fill your car, importantly find out how to start your car after running out of fuel, some models have some trick to it, but should be very simple.

 

johannb, hi and welcome to the forum.

Advice from new members is always welcome and encouraged, however, I would never encourage anyone to intentionally run out of fuel unless the car is stationary and in a safe place, certainly, never on the public highway as doing so can be dangerous and cause unintended consequences. Furthermore, I would not in any case encourage anyone to purposely run out of fuel as it could cause issues with the engine management system.

Please update your profile with your country of residence and vehicle driven. This will help us to help you with more specific advice should you require it in the future.

Thanks, frupi.