At 08:37 AM 1/30/2009, Kim Brennan wrote... >This can vary, vanagon to vanagon. The fuel gauges can be adjusted. There are two holes in the back, with a mechanism which can be turned. One adjusts offset, the other adjusts range, but they interact, so it is an iterative process. That obviously won't help if you have a bad sender, though. >Also, since the fuel guage is driven by voltage, if you have low >voltage from your alternator (or are running on battery), the gauge >will read lower. The fuel gauge is driven through a 10V voltage regulator, so if your supply voltage is so low as to effect the fuel gauge, you have more serious problems than an improperly reading gauge. |
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