

| Subject: | Fuel Gauge inaccuracy |
| From: | Ari Ollikainen |
| Date: | Mon, 23 Jun 1997 14:31:48 -0700 |
My recently acquired '91Westy seems to have an inaccurate fuel gauge, a fact my son and I learned this weekend by running out of gas just past the last Gilroy exit southbound on 101 (which, of course, fortunately has a Chevron station clearly visible from the emergency call box...). I guess feeblemindedness is creeping in, otherwise I would have filled the tank immediately after the vehicle officially became mine (after dropping off the PO at his home) AND zeroing the trip odometer. Somehow, this required act when taking delivery of a new vehicle slipped through the crack and we ended up driving on the PO's tankful. So...the fuel gauge shows slightly less than 1/4 full when completely empty :-( but the needle will park past the red zone when key is off. Any suggestions on debugging this problem? If it's the sender, I'll forget it until the tank needs servicing; if it's the gauge or a resistance/conductivity problem on the instrument panel printed circuit motherboard, I can probably fix it...
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