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Date:         Mon, 23 Jun 1997 23:42:45 -0700
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Ari Ollikainen <ari@interserve.com>
Subject:      Re: Fuel Gauge inaccuracy

Linda Bartnik wrote: > [snip] > So people go to a junkyard to get the tank. Well in a junkyard they > typically move the vehicles around with forklifts. Well when they lift > Vanagons with forklifts, they tend to dent up the gas tank on the bottom. > > If they dent up the gas tank on the bottom on the driver's side, then the > travel of the fuel guage sending unit can be restricted.

Not the probelm on my '91 Westy...the tank bottom is exactly the same shape as our '91 VanagonCarat.

> I have gotten into the habit though of keeping a logbook for the Vanagon > and so reset the trip meter every time I fill up with gas. This way I can > keep a running total of gas mileage. Using the trip meter like this also > helps me avoid running out of gas.

As I said in my original note, this is StandardOperatingProcedure, SOP, for ALL my vehicles.

Thanks for the helpful suggestions, anyway.


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