FH Posted February 11, 2005 Share Posted February 11, 2005 Having been confined to barracks all week, yesterday I decided I required a few provisions from the local shoppe. Found steering wheel and keys, went to garage and started little red car. Looked at fuel guage... hmmm... registering nigh-on empty ☹️ Spotted green fuel can, crossed fnigres and toesies that Mr FH hadn't stuck diesel in it 😳 and poured half a can into fuel tank. Drove to next village, pulled up at the pump. Click. Try again. Click. Manage to put 68p's worth of fuel into tank, well, the ground actually 😳. Shake the car about in case of air lock. Try again. More squirties on the ground. Pay for fuel. Scratch head. Guage now registers just under half. Light dawns Last time I used the car was at Bruntingthorpe and it appeared that I used nearly a tankful playing on the circuit, which I thought was odd at the time. Fuelled up on the way home - only managed to get a tenner's worth in. Fuel guage registered just over half. Am I looking at a guage problem or a fuel floaty thingum not being in the right place? Is it something a complete idiot like me can fix or do I need aforementioned suit and card and take the car to someone who knows what the hell they're doing, to fix my little problem? Thank you chaps FH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevSull Too Posted February 11, 2005 Share Posted February 11, 2005 Small piece of masking tape stuck above the gauge, fill the taks and draw a line where the needle points, drive around a bit until the car stops, draw another line where the needle points - ta da! New, perfectly calibrated fuel gauge! 😬You laugh at me because I'm different, I laugh at you because you're all the same. 😬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delbert Posted February 11, 2005 Share Posted February 11, 2005 here or here Sounds like that which we discussed on the telephonic device Pedant (noun), one who exhibits one's learning or scholarship ostentatiously Edited by - Delbert on 11 Feb 2005 15:50:39 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTD Posted February 11, 2005 Share Posted February 11, 2005 Yep, I had that problem - electrical dodginess caused by worn wire earthing out. I found the answer was to pay Gerard to sort it out! G for Geoff Edited by Pedantry! Edited by - GTD on 11 Feb 2005 16:29:23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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