Fuel Gauge Accuracy?

jaguarlestat · Post by **jaguarlestat** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 4:09 am

Hi

How will you know if your fuel gauge is accurate? and how will you fix a leaking gas tank without changing it?

MMamdouh · Post by **MMamdouh** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 4:58 pm

with a full gas tank the needle should point at the top mark.

MMamdouh

kinkyllama · Post by **kinkyllama** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 5:01 pm

They're probably the least accurate things on your car. For example: i get 120miles on the first quarter tank... maybe 60 miles on the next one. Then the last quarter tanks lasts forever... and once the light comes on a still have 2 gallons left

MMamdouh · Post by **MMamdouh** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 5:05 pm

mine hardly moves when i have a full tank then past the mid mark it runs like hell till the bottom... it is not evenly marked for sure.

MMamdouh

AcingTeam · Post by **AcingTeam** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 6:39 pm

mmamdouh wrote:mine hardly moves when i have a full tank then past the mid mark it runs like hell till the bottom... it is not evenly marked for sure.

MMamdouh

lol Same thing here.

BosnianLanos · Post by **BosnianLanos** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 7:23 pm

If I floor it, the gas guage drops considerably, sometimes like 1-2 cm

. It makes me feel like I'm driving a V8, not a fuel efficient Inline 4. Then, when I park it and leave it in the "ON" position, it jumps back up to where it should be.

Daewoos have notoriously bad fuel gauges, come from a bad "resistor card" or something in the fuel pump. However, I don't need to know when it is full, only when it is empty!

kinkyllama · Post by **kinkyllama** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 8:02 pm

I had a 1/2-3/4 tank of gas and when i was racing on this corner it would show the empty light for like 10 seconds. When this happens is the car able to get gas? say i had less gas like 1/4-1/2 tank (which i did by the end of the race, but i didnt pay attention to the gas anymore) and the light came on for like 20 seconds.. is this bad?

MMamdouh · Post by **MMamdouh** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 8:06 pm

it is not bad... it is just the fuel is beeing forced way from the float that sends the fuel level signal during that corner and thus the fuel lamp is triggered.

i had this issue when i am low on fuel and during some turns or climbing hills... not a big deal at all.

MMamdouh

elhamy201 · Post by **elhamy201** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 9:53 pm

i changed my fuel pump after reaching 22,000 km cause the sending unit was giving me wrong reads and i still after changing the pump feel thats is not the right reads

MMamdouh · Post by **MMamdouh** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 9:56 pm

try the calibration process in the "How to" section.

MMamdouh