Date:         Fri, 16 Mar 2007 15:53:33 -0700
Reply-To:     Ellen in Oregon <elleninoregon@HOTMAIL.COM>
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From:         Ellen in Oregon <elleninoregon@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Fuel Guage callibration
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Heh heh....Lola is a cream puff....had 46,500 on the odometer when I bought
her a year ago.  PO always kept her garaged, did the routine maintenance,
fixed whatever broke.  I feel truly blessed!  Lola has a standard
transmission.

Ellen

Lola, 85 Vanagon ASI


----Original Message Follows----
From: Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@gmail.com>
To: Ellen in Oregon <elleninoregon@HOTMAIL.COM>
CC: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Fuel Guage callibration
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 06:41:33 -0700





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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