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mini1989
 Post subject: Correcting my fuel gauge
PostPosted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 12:48 pm 
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Hi all,

Where can I go to corect my fuel gauge? It showing that I am empty when I actually still have 10 litres left
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Hanra
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Thats probably not such a bad thing then. At least you will have some fuel to get you to a servo.

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bill.b
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your float is proberly full of fuel if it reads when you put more in, in this case just take out the sender unit and chuck a new float on, there like $3 or something.

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Boyracer
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Mine does the same. It reads full when it's full, but it only ever takes $20 of fuel when the gauge reads empty. :roll:
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Anto
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I think you should all count yourself lucky that your fuel gauge gives a reading at all. It's kinda annoying driving a car without a fuel gauge, and having to use a yardstick to check fuel level.....
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Bubbacluby
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Anto wrote:
I think you should all count yourself lucky that your fuel gauge gives a reading at all. It's kinda annoying driving a car without a fuel gauge, and having to use a yardstick to check fuel level.....


Ahh yeas bin there done that - dont know how many times i ran out

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Mick
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The old mini gauges aren't very technical affairs. Inside the tank sender unit is a wiper that swipes over a very long coiled resistive wire. After innumerable tanks of fuel over many many years they tend to get pretty dirty and the contact suffers. Also the voltage regulators tend to sag after many years as well.

As long as you know where empty is beyond low, you should be ok...I don't know of any modern car where some creative reading of the fuel gauge doesn't help..

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