Petrol gage error!

[aliceinwonderland]

Think my petrol gage may have a glitch....

Managed to fill up the other day with £26 right to the rim...drove to high wycommbe and it was completely empty (which i would of guessed)
But then on the way home, i only had to fill £20...got home and it was still on the mark before empty...

Then, i've now filled up with £15 from below the red and its now only moved to just above red...surely it should be at least half full?! (or half empty depending how you like to look at things)

Doesnt really make sense to me...

[katentel]

thats mini's

[Miniböttcher]

you should never fill it tohe top, just ask martin, has about half of it came out when he went round a corner.

you can never trust he guage, its a bit of guess-to-mate, of knowing how many mile you get out of "X" anount of fuel

make sure the connection on the tank are on tight there easy to get to, "there on the tank "you can see them when you open the boot.

check you have a good connection on the back of the guage

[aliceinwonderland]

Thats mini's......great answer!
this is why i am getting a "real" car!!! Will check that connection!

[katentel]

the only thing with "real" cars is that there is more to go wrong and when it does it useually cost a fortune

[oldgit]

Could be faulty sender,sometimes floats get a hole in and give false reading.Cheep and easy fix to fit new one.

[Stephen]

what jim said