fuel gauge woes

houkouonchi

LOL!

I thought those suckers had metal in their beak's or brain or something which made them 絶対方感 (zettaihoukan). My made up antonym of houkouonchi, comparing onchi to zettaionkan as I don't think there is an official/real antonym to houkouonchi.

I know its extra confusing being , CA but I actually live in Ontario, California, not Canada =P Yeah I know the CA makes it even worse, HAH! It was a lot less confusing when it was Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan.

billydsz

Well you are making the assumption that the gas meters on several different gas pumps are all going to be exactly the same which they won't be. So that's another source of error.

Regarding tank size, most manufacturers assign a reserve at "empty" of a few gallons so when the tank reads empty you still have a little time to get gas.

Gas tank gauges are always fairly innacurate I wouldn't lose any sleep over it. Don't forget the gas is moving around in the tank too so the gauge can't be too sensitive otherwise it would be moving all over the place as you drive.

kenchan

ontario, california... ive been there. they have that faux sushi place run by koreans. everything seems fake in california.

going back to topic, it seems the pump's tip also clicks early/late depending on the aisyo with your car. my car only seems to like this one pump at a Mobil station. the other stations i cant get it to pump all the way to the top. ive tried slowing down the flow rate, etc. no change. this has been the way on my 6yr old G too. i can only top it to the brim at this one station.

Modshack

You may want to be careful going past the click. Some cars will backflow fuel into the Charcoal emissions canister resulting in a CEL. This used to happen to my Daughter with her Mazda 3 until I retrained her. Not a problem since.

On the Fuel sender contacts, they look much like this. Since the "Full" contact us largely exposed to air, it can corrode and interupt the signal. Techron is effective at keeping these contacts scrubbed clean and all lights on the dash lit when full..

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kenchan

modshack- nice pict!

yah, i dont go past the click. wat i meant was some pumps click just right, most pumps click too early for both my G and Z.

spearfish25

Alternative is either to keep your tank full or drive more aggressively so you slosh gas around more

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Pharmacist

i like the sound of that!

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houkouonchi

I think I will just have to live with the fact that the gauge isn't accurate. No biggy. I mean today after filling up I went 65 miles before the first notch went away on the fuel gauge =P Obviously 65 miles would be way more than 1/16th of the tank.

No biggy I guess =)

Ive never been big on sushi but there is a really good ra-menya in Gardena that is right on the way between where I work (Downtown L.A.) and LAX. I actually went there tonight and even got a kaedama =)

kenchan

Yep, Shinsengumi on Redondo. I know exactly where that is.