Hey guys, this is the original fuel float from my car. As you can see it is almost ½ full of fuel. Dunno how many other people have come across this (probably really common) happening before but this is the first time I've actually seen it.

BTW, it has absolutly no holes in it - I have had it sitting on my desk for the past week and been messing with it and it is totally sealed tight.

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"In two years time your car will be like a lady's clothes, out of date, my car will still be in fashion when I am dead" - Sir Alec speaking to Pininfarina

I had the same issue at one point.

I pin holed it to remove the fuel and let it drain, and then used superglue to seal the pinholes up again.

Cork may have seemed to be pretty agricultural to use as a float, but at least it still floats after 40 years...

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SooperDooperMiniCooperExpertEngineering

All garage work involves equal measures of enthusiasm, ingenuity and a fair degree of irresponsibility.

This still floated but after I filled up the gauge went up so slowly. Replaced it with a different one as the fuel tank was pulled out anyway to get all the cr*p out of the fuel line.

So it still floated - but she was slowly dying.

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"In two years time your car will be like a lady's clothes, out of date, my car will still be in fashion when I am dead" - Sir Alec speaking to Pininfarina

Show me one that doesn't fill up with fuel! I will be amazed!

That is not a float, that is a sink.

I guess it just gets in there by osmosis... molecule by molecule..... I have some brass ones, they seem to stay empty

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did I tell you that I won a trophy?

The early metal ones seem good, but then again you can't see inside them!

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1964 Morris 850, 1330 Supercharged - 81.8hp atws.
1975 Leyland Mini S 1100S powered - Nice and reliable.
1977 Leyland Mini LS - Project LS-T

i havent ever seen 1 that doesnt have anything in it... my sender went dicky so replaced it and all the floats attached to senders i had all had stuff in them so i came to the conclusion that they were meant to have at least a little bit of "watever" in there.... lol

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- '74 Clubman Ute project

I'm thinking of making it my retirement fund - imagine how much all that fuel will be worth in 50 years! Just hope that it doesn't all escape the way it got in otherwise I'll have to think up a new plan.

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"In two years time your car will be like a lady's clothes, out of date, my car will still be in fashion when I am dead" - Sir Alec speaking to Pininfarina

haha

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- '74 Clubman Ute project

yea ive had this prob to still do abit the needle never goes to full when i fill the clubbie up...

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Isn't that one of those self regulating fuel floats.....all the way to the bottom.

Dan

So would you reckon this is a reason a fuel guage to respond VERY slowly, or where they always slow / leisurely

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YDO005 1965 stock standard MORRIS MINI DELUXE

After experiencing a new one - it is very fast (in comparison). My old one was very slow - the new one manages to get up to full by the time i'm turning out of the servo - probably about 10 - 15 seconds to go the whole way.

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"In two years time your car will be like a lady's clothes, out of date, my car will still be in fashion when I am dead" - Sir Alec speaking to Pininfarina

Mini fuel gauges have had damping, ever since the days of the old 850 which did not.
It's to stop the needle moving with each slosh.
Ours both take about 60 secs to get to full. Last time I looked, both cars' sender floats were empty.

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.