Ellen in Oregon typed: > This sounds a lot like my gauge...even after a fill-up, it never reads > quite full, and it drops like a stone rapidly to 3/4. > > I do, however, know my MPG (20), and knowing the amount of fuel the tank > holds (16), have arrived at a "safe" figure to drive before I know I > need to get it filled again. Generally this is 250 miles (which uses 12.5 > gallons of gas). I always reset the trip meter at every fill-up.
Me, too. Trust the odometer, wonder whether VW did a lousy job with the sender + meter, or if it's just a symptom of the system's age. How you get 20 mpg is a mystery to me -- I envy you. Mellow Yellow gets 15.7 mpg, average freeway. A tank is good for 240 miles, by seat-of-the-pants reckoning.
-- Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano KG6RCR |
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