[Biturbos4] Gas gauge weirdness

[mike]

I'd go for the tank sender

mike

--- Steve Munk <fxstm at uaf.edu> wrote:

> Something weird happened with my S4's gas gauge
> yesterday. I know it  
> was at a quarter tank when I parked it, low fuel
> indicator had not  
> yet come on. When I started it a few hours later all
> of a sudden the  
> gauge read empty, the low fuel indicator came on,
> and the trip  
> computer reported 0 miles to empty. The gauge didn't
> move from empty  
> for a couple short trips yesterday and this morning.
> I started to  
> believe the tank might actually be almost empty.
> 
> I filled the tank today, and it only needed 13
> gallons. There was  
> still over 3 gallons left in the tank. When the tank
> was full, the  
> gauge only read 3/4 full and the trip computer
> reported about 230  
> miles to empty.
> 
> Then, after driving less than 10 miles with the tank
> full, suddenly  
> the gas gauge reads full and the trip computer
> reports 360 miles to  
> empty.
> 
> Anyone ever seen this? If it matters, my driveway is
> on a bit of an  
> incline. I've had the car over 6 months, usually
> park in the garage  
> but have parked in the driveway many times before,
> first time that's  
> happened. It may be the first time I parked in the
> driveway with the  
> tank below 1/4. Physical problem or computer glitch
> (I'm leaning  
> toward the latter)?
> 
> Regards,
> Steve
> --
> Steve Munk                          
> http://people.arsc.edu/~munk/S4
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> mailto:fxstm at uaf.edu
> 
> 
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