Fuel Gauge Out By 22l :o

[R33_Rob]

hi

The other day i ran my car till it was almost empty (something which i NEVER do). The gauge had about 1mm before it hit the empty line.

When i was filling it up, the car only took 43L. When it should be a 65L tank.

So it takes no expert to work out that my fuel gauge is out by 22L.

Moral of the story, does anyone know how to fix this problem or should i just take it to a proper mechanic?

thanks

by the way its a S1 R33 GTS

Edited November 3, 2006 by R33_Rob

[gtrchick]

Your floater unit could be stuffed, just a guess, no harm in having a look though.

[Godzilla32]

Otherwise known as a sender unit. It works on resistance. Could either be the gauge or the sender.

[gtrchick]

thats the one! i was close....

[R33_Rob]

Do you you how i can get to the sender?

[n15m0]

hi

The other day i ran my car till it was almost empty (something which i NEVER do). The gauge had about 1mm before it hit the empty line.

When i was filling it up, the car only took 43L. When it should be a 65L tank.

So it takes no expert to work out that my fuel gauge is out by 22L.

Moral of the story, does anyone know how to fix this problem or should i just take it to a proper mechanic?

thanks

by the way its a S1 R33 GTS

Ummm correct me if i'm not reading this right...ur fuel needle hasn't even reached the empty line? Usually it goes beyond the empty line before you actually run out. Also when the warning light comes on, u should still be able to get around 50ks more. I don't think there's anything wrong with ur gauge at all..but I could be wrong.

[WazR32GTSt]

fuel light comes on when 10L are left doesn't it?

[Fixxxer]

I'm with Nismo on this one. Mine would probably only take just over 40L if it above tthe E mark. Once it gets on the E mark its about 45-50L and I can still drive around on the E mark before the warning light shows, which is still 7-8L in the tank I believe.

Seriously though, I wouldn't worry until the warning light comes on.

Fixxxer

[gtrchick]

Do you you how i can get to the sender?

Yeah it'll be attactched to your intank fuel filter and fuel pump. Either under the boot carpet or under the rear seats... not too sure on the 33's

[R33_Rob]

thanks for all the replies

Im glad to hear that (hopefully) nothing is broken

cheers fellas

[ferni]

It's normal. Fuel light doesn't usually come on until the needle is on the E (below the line).... even then you still have about 10L left.

[R33_Rob]

perhaps i should rename the thread "How the hell do you read a fuel gauge?"

[mad082]

you will find most cars do this. that is because the car companies know that as a whole, humans are stupid animals. many people will be on a trip somewhere, 50ks from a servo when they happen to take a look at the gauge and see that it is nearly empty. so they need a saftey net.

[gtrchick]

a big safety net....

[Cooper]

I have the same problem on my GTR i dont like running it past the empty line and when i fill up it only takes 45 odd litres, i have never seen the fuel light come on, maybe next time ill run it down to the 'E' and see what happens.