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| posted on October 28th, 2003 at 08:46 PM |
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calibrating the fuel gauge and the sender
Can the fuel gauge be calibrated as mine shows 3/4 tank when I fill up.
Has anyone one done it and if so how is it done? Or can it not been done and just get a new sender unit.
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| posted on October 28th, 2003 at 09:15 PM |
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Just bend the float arm down, so when its full the float will go up further showing a full tank... You will have to experiment a bit, You probably
won't have to bend the arm much ,maybe 25-50mm...
Just make sure there isn't a hole in the float, with fuel weighing it down... or there isn't another problem at the top of the arm , at the
sender end... no broken wires etc...
best of luck..
Lee
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| posted on October 29th, 2003 at 06:08 AM |
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Just about all the fuel gauges ive seen do this.... which isnt really important when you have just filled up with fuel.
More important is to have the gauge accurate when your at the other end of the scale. If its a Beetle try filling it up when it reaches 1/4 full and
you should put in about 30 liters or so.
and you can do the same when it reaches 1/2 and reserve lines on the gauge.
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| posted on October 31st, 2003 at 01:30 PM |
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vdbleu2002
so did you have any luck fixing or calibrating the gauge ??
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vdbleu2002
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| posted on November 1st, 2003 at 10:54 AM |
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Not yet Dave
Will get to it though along with all the other non essential adustments ,alterations and additions .
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