Is This Normal.

[Kerrknight]

needle was hitting empty in,today so I went to put 20 litres petrol then the needle goes up and stops at midpoint. then without driving more than 10 kms the needle drops about 1cm .

[alr33x]

maybe? were u driving hard 20ltrs wouldnt be half a tank anyway.

[lachlanw]

what car ?

[JEPPE]

My tank is a bit lopsided... I get about 300ks from the first half and only 200ks from the second half.

[vspecIInur]

I think they are designed like that to hint that you need to fuel up soon. My evo and gtr both do the same thing. First half takes longer than the second half.

[Kerrknight]

what car ?

r34 gtt.

[ARTZ]

maybe your needles stuffed..mine is tells me all sorts of strange readings, i can fill up and it will say 3/4, or like today ..i was driving out to Macedon and the needle was on a quarter...f**king thing ran out of gas ..luckily its dual fuel

[BeEnAr]

mine does it too, sometimes I have 3/4 of a tank and if I'm in traffic for ages it will drop right down below E and no light. Then if I accelerate hard or corner hard it comes back up. Dunno why it does it but it's random so I don't care. I know how many kms I get from a tank on everage so I don't worry about it.

[krzysiu]

It does it because the sender for the fuel indication is on one side of the tank. I have found out during a skidpan day. If you keep turning right in circles it will show that you have less fuel than you really do. Turn left the needle will show you have more fuel that you really have. Pretty standard stuff

[FrangaR33]

I think they are designed like that to hint that you need to fuel up soon. My evo and gtr both do the same thing. First half takes longer than the second half.

Sounds about right to me, all the cars i've ever driven have been the same way especially those without the fuel light. Of course if you own a VP Commodore you just go by the odometer because you know off by heart how much you get from a tank

[bozodos]

My old VN showed fuel light and 40km in the tank remaining, it was pretty damn spot on! Whereas the R32 fuel light means fuel up in the next 5-10km or I will die

[adznight]

My tank is a bit lopsided... I get about 300ks from the first half and only 200ks from the second half.

Yup. Most cars are, it's like they forget they are required to fit a fule tank in so they make them an odd shape to fit in....errr, say between your cup holders or something

[Birds]

Sounds about right to me, all the cars i've ever driven have been the same way especially those without the fuel light. Of course if you own a VP Commodore you just go by the odometer because you know off by heart how much you get from a tank

I thought the rule of thumbs with Commodore was drive to the next petrol station after filling up and you should be right...but carry a jerry can just in case

[Sami]

maybe your car was sitting on a slop at one of those measuring stages

[Kerrknight]

took the car to the mechanic today. he just touched the inside of the muffler and told me oil was too rich. which is why im using petrol so quick. told me to leave the car to get it checked. is there anyone had a similar problem ?

[KamikazeNinja34]

My car has run rich for the last ... Well... Ages. My o2 sensors are gone so the car reads it wrong n uses too much petrol. Might be that. Good news for u is that given u only have one instead of two expensive parts for it like I do... It'll cost u about 100 odd instead of 500

[Birds]

Man up Cass, you'll get the $500 back in fuel savings...think of it as a false economy investment

[KamikazeNinja34]

That I understand but I need the 500 to begin with don't I?