Erratic Fuel Gauge
08-12-2018 | 05:32 AM
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Erratic Fuel Gauge
I’m having some strange issues with my fuel gauge. The car ‘appears’ to be going through a rate of fuel quicker than my RX8, yet on the onboard computer I’m averaging 24mpg.
I stuck £20 in it the other day and have done no more than 20 miles in it and it’s no showing 0 miles and the fuel gauge is off the bottom of the scale.
The only anomaly is that I parked it on a kerb for a couple of hours and it read low but then it regained a bit of fuel level as driving.
Just wondered if anyone else had this issue as I reuse to believe it’s doing single figure mpg!
I stuck £20 in it the other day and have done no more than 20 miles in it and it’s no showing 0 miles and the fuel gauge is off the bottom of the scale.
The only anomaly is that I parked it on a kerb for a couple of hours and it read low but then it regained a bit of fuel level as driving.
Just wondered if anyone else had this issue as I reuse to believe it’s doing single figure mpg!
08-12-2018 | 06:32 PM
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I have enough jobs as it is! - the joys of being self employed!
But yea thanks, appears to be that these sensors are a bit naff. For the time being I’ll just brim it and refill when the light comes on. Not being my daily driver I’m a bit reluctant to just fill it for the sake of it but kinda makes sense.
But yea thanks, appears to be that these sensors are a bit naff. For the time being I’ll just brim it and refill when the light comes on. Not being my daily driver I’m a bit reluctant to just fill it for the sake of it but kinda makes sense.
09-25-2018 | 07:23 PM
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1999 CLK 320
I have enough jobs as it is! - the joys of being self employed!
But yea thanks, appears to be that these sensors are a bit naff. For the time being I’ll just brim it and refill when the light comes on. Not being my daily driver I’m a bit reluctant to just fill it for the sake of it but kinda makes sense.
But yea thanks, appears to be that these sensors are a bit naff. For the time being I’ll just brim it and refill when the light comes on. Not being my daily driver I’m a bit reluctant to just fill it for the sake of it but kinda makes sense.
