I bought a new tank and replaced the sending unit assembley at the same time last fall for an unrelated problem. The gas gauge reads exactly the same as before. I have also had three different instrument clusters in my van over the past year and all three fuel gauges read exactly the same - so it's probably some shortcoming in the design of the system. Curt '85 Westy "The Problematic"
--- Allen Hill <route66rider@KNOLOGY.NET> wrote: > Likewise for our 86. Does anyone know if replacing > the tank sending unit > will resolve the issue? > > > Route 66 Rider! > Ramon Hill > Live Long and Be Free > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List > [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of > Kim Springer > Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 12:37 AM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Fuel Guage callibration > > So I've searched the archives and can't find the > answer. > > A new sending unit doesn't change the issue which > is: with a full tank, the > guage never reads full and I'm not sure what to > trust when it comes to > what's reserve and what's empty. > > Anbody resolved this before? > > Thanks, > > Kim Springer >
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