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Back in my day, before all the newfangled shiny sensors you would get an accurate fuel tank reading every time - except if you were going around corners, accele
by blitzar 4y ago
Back in my day, before all the newfangled shiny sensors you would get an accurate fuel tank reading every time - except if you were going around corners, accelerating or breaking, or had done any of those in the past few minutes and the spring returning the float was feeling slow that day.
Otherwise it was, like all things back in the good old days, incredibly precise +/- 10%
- hutzlibu 4y ago"Otherwise it was, like all things back in the good old days, incredibly precise +/- 10%" The sad thing is, if todays values are worse.
- 83 4y agoMy first car the sensor was clearly at the back of the tank. Going uphill? Gauge says 1/4 tank left. Steep downhill? Out of gas. Not sure which end the pump was on, but I never ran out despite what the gauge would say.
- blitzar 4y agoAhh yes, how could I forget about the hills, you are giving me flashbacks to the good old days!