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The needle for the fuel gauge was on empty, and when i filled up at the servo it was 1/2 a tank...then after i drove for like 2-3 mins the petrol dropped quite abit (like 2mm) and it was noticeable...I thought my car was FULL running rich but then later it didn't happen after that once....

And no its not the road causing the fuel to tilt one way in the tank showing inaccurate fuel gauge becuz it was a flat road all the time and ive observed thinking it may of been that but it wasn't....

What da hecks this? i lost so much petrol for nothing? Is it the emergency tank thing getting filled up cuz it was empty before or wot?

Come onz i dun wanna keep losing petrol like this...is it just that it was on empty before i filled up thats why?? thanks GUYS!!!

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Is it just reading empty or is it actually empty.

If its just reading empty its most likely the sender in the tank has fallen off its perch, mine does the same thing and if you use the search thing at the top you'll see 50,000 other people with the same problem :P

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Is it just reading empty or is it actually empty.

If its just reading empty its most likely the sender in the tank has fallen off its perch, mine does the same thing and if you use the search thing at the top you'll see 50,000 other people with the same problem :P

What? im so newb and confused....its reading empty but how do i know if its actually empty??? lol

Its just reading empty b4 i filled the tank...but the thing is when i filled up 1/2 a tank....a second later when i started driving the needle drops like 2mm...is that the same problem as 50000 other ppl ? :)

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you know its actually empty when it takes 55+ litres to fill it up! my fuel gauge is a bit dodgy, but the fuel light works, so you know when youre starting to push your luck.

i get another 150 odd ks after my gauge reads E, and try to use the tripmeter to keep tabs on it.

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What? im so newb and confused....its reading empty but how do i know if its actually empty??? lol

Its just reading empty b4 i filled the tank...but the thing is when i filled up 1/2 a tank....a second later when i started driving the needle drops like 2mm...is that the same problem as 50000 other ppl ? :)

Drive until the fuel gauge reads 1/2, refill car to full and note how many litres to fill it back to full. If it is between 30-40L (R33 tank is 65L, R34 is most likely similar) then its reading accurate, if not then its faulty.

If it is faulty then just note how many kms you get to a full tank. Fill car up and reset the tripmeter, drive car for about 200km and then refill the car. Note the total litres to fill car back to full and work out how many kms from a full tank (Tank capacity / Fuel To Fill * Kms Traveled = Kms from a Full Tank) , take about 50-100km off this number and reset the tripmeter whenever you fill the car up and remember to get more petrol whenever the tripmeter reads the designated kms.

It becomes second nature after a while :P

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You didn't loose any fuel. Your fuel gauge is an approximation on how much fuel you have. It is not accurate by any description.

That drop is just the fuel reading settling. Think of it more that your fuel gauge was being overoptimistic when it was higher up, when it settled down a little lower it was giving you a more accurate reading of how much fuel you actually have.

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