Date:         Fri, 5 Jan 96 08:40:17 GMT
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From:         etlclwe@etlxdmx.ericsson.se (Carl Waite XL/EHF 4143)
Subject:      Re: Flaky fuel gauge

Hi,
I had a problem with my gauge a while back, never registered more than half full.
I think it was a post from Andy Erskine that suggested having a look at the gauge itself,
there is a coilish bit of wire in the gauge, this was encrusted with I don't know what.
But after a quick gentle brush I put the gauge back in the dash and lo, it worked fine.
Bizarre, I never did understand black magic.

Carl
'73 Kombi

>From: RagDoll517@aol.com
>To: vanagon@lenti
>Subject: Flaky fuel gauge
>Message-ID: <960104091030_106212599@mail04.mail.aol.com>
>
>Hello all!
>My '75 Westy has a sick fuel gauge - it never registers more than 1/2 a tank
>and I can bottom out on "reserve"and still have half a tank left... obviously
>this makes for high tension on any lengthy road trips!  Also, I can watch the
>needle fluctuate from 1/2 to 1/4 to "R" and back - it doesn't matter whether
>I'm on level ground, uphill, downhill, accelerating or decelerating - that
>needle jumps all over da place!  Now I suppose that it's the float thingy
>inside the gas tank which is to blame, but I'm posting this in the hope that
>there's a way to determine what the problem is *without* dropping the engine
>to remove the tank for inspection/cleaning/whatever... 
>
>Any ideas out there?  Or must I remain  "Have gas can, Will travel"?
>
>Ruthie B.     '75 Westy, The Great Pumpkin