Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2014 13:58:39 -0400
Reply-To: Mike B <mbucchino@CHARTER.NET>
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From: Mike B <mbucchino@CHARTER.NET>
Subject: Re: Replacement fuel tank question
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My gas gauge is also wildly inaccurate, even after replacing the
sender. Are the gauges that bad, or is the sender ground subject to
problems? Where is it located, or how does the circuit go to ground?
Does anyone know where to get another gauge? Is it the same as a
Golf/Jetta of the same year?
Mike B.
On 7/22/2014 1:44 PM, Don Hanson wrote:
> The gauge in mine, besides being dependent on vehicle attitude to be
> consistent, it also is skewed towards "Empty" a bit...A full tank takes the
> needle to below the full mark and an empty tank is well below the 'empty'
> end of the scale...
>
> For the longest time I was clue-less on how the gauge is marked...Must
> be a German thing, but half way across the sweep of the gauge needle is the
> first mark...a Bold mark...then 3/4 across the sweep is a small thin mark
> and the bottom is a red area... I was mistaken thinking the bold mark at
> half way meant half a tank....and the next smaller one was 1/4 tank...when
> in truth the bold one is just 1/4 tank gone and the smaller one three
> quarters across the dial, that means 1/2 tank is gone....How did I ever
> come to that conclusion?....I didn't get an owner's manual when I bought
> this 30yr old van... I use the gauge as a back up....I rely on my odo
> tripmeter...
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 9:20 AM, Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Yes, the gauge is useless on steep grades because it's a big flat bottomed
>> tank and the fuel flows to the ends, especially when partially full.
>>
>> Early in my life with my '84 I attempted to circumnavigate Mt. Rainier on
>> about 3/4 tank, and as I got into the steep grades the level dropped so
>> fast I couldn’t take the stress for more than a few miles and turned
>> around. Downhill I had over 3/4 tank! I hadn't reset the odo and didn't
>> know what was going on so I aborted the trip. I know now I could have
>> easily made it all the way around, and back then there was even a gas
>> station at the Sunrise visitor center I didn't know about.
>>
>> Knowledge is power!
>>
>> Stuart
>>
>> Don Hanson wrote:
>>
>> ....So I keep an eye on my odo...my gas gauge is rather vague depending on
>> the attitude of the van....
>>
>>
>>
>>
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