fuel gauge woes

kenchan · 07-19-2010, 11:03 AM

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Originally Posted by houkouonchi

LOL!

I thought those suckers had metal in their beak's or brain or something which made them 絶対方感 (zettaihoukan). My made up antonym of houkouonchi, comparing onchi to zettaionkan as I don't think there is an official/real antonym to houkouonchi.

I know its extra confusing being , CA but I actually live in Ontario, California, not Canada =P Yeah I know the CA makes it even worse, HAH! It was a lot less confusing when it was Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan.

ontario, california... ive been there. they have that faux sushi place run by koreans.

everything seems fake in california.

going back to topic, it seems the pump's tip also clicks early/late depending on the aisyo with your car. my car only seems to like this one pump at a Mobil station. the other stations i cant get it to pump all the way to the top. ive tried slowing down the flow rate, etc. no change. this has been the way on my 6yr old G too. i can only top it to the brim at this one station.

Modshack · 07-19-2010, 11:34 AM

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Originally Posted by kenchan

going back to topic, it seems the pump's tip also clicks early/late depending on the aisyo with your car. my car only seems to like this one pump at a Mobil station. the other stations i cant get it to pump all the way to the top. ive tried slowing down the flow rate, etc. no change. this has been the way on my 6yr old G too. i can only top it to the brim at this one station.

You may want to be careful going past the click. Some cars will backflow fuel into the Charcoal emissions canister resulting in a CEL. This used to happen to my Daughter with her Mazda 3 until I retrained her. Not a problem since.

On the Fuel sender contacts, they look much like this. Since the "Full" contact us largely exposed to air, it can corrode and interupt the signal. Techron is effective at keeping these contacts scrubbed clean and all lights on the dash lit when full..

kenchan · 07-19-2010, 11:37 AM

modshack- nice pict!

yah, i dont go past the click. wat i meant was some pumps click just right, most pumps click too early for both my G and Z.

spearfish25 · 07-21-2010, 08:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Modshack

You may want to be careful going past the click. Some cars will backflow fuel into the Charcoal emissions canister resulting in a CEL. This used to happen to my Daughter with her Mazda 3 until I retrained her. Not a problem since.

On the Fuel sender contacts, they look much like this. Since the "Full" contact us largely exposed to air, it can corrode and interupt the signal. Techron is effective at keeping these contacts scrubbed clean and all lights on the dash lit when full..

Alternative is either to keep your tank full or drive more aggressively so you slosh gas around more

Pharmacist · 07-21-2010, 08:55 AM

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Originally Posted by spearfish25

drive more aggressively so you slosh gas around more

i like the sound of that!

houkouonchi · 07-21-2010, 08:26 AM

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Originally Posted by kenchan

depending on the aisyo with your car.

I think I will just have to live with the fact that the gauge isn't accurate. No biggy. I mean today after filling up I went 65 miles before the first notch went away on the fuel gauge =P Obviously 65 miles would be way more than 1/16th of the tank.

No biggy I guess =)

Ive never been big on sushi but there is a really good ra-menya in Gardena that is right on the way between where I work (Downtown L.A.) and LAX. I actually went there tonight and even got a kaedama =)

kenchan · 07-21-2010, 08:43 AM

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Originally Posted by houkouonchi

I think I will just have to live with the fact that the gauge isn't accurate. No biggy. I mean today after filling up I went 65 miles before the first notch went away on the fuel gauge =P Obviously 65 miles would be way more than 1/16th of the tank.

No biggy I guess =)

Ive never been big on sushi but there is a really good ra-menya in Gardena that is right on the way between where I work (Downtown L.A.) and LAX. I actually went there tonight and even got a kaedama =)

Yep, Shinsengumi on Redondo. I know exactly where that is.

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kenchan A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: N/A Posts: 76,801 Drives: N/A Rep Power: 141521	modshack- nice pict! yah, i dont go past the click. wat i meant was some pumps click just right, most pumps click too early for both my G and Z.