"Honeybunchesofgoats" (honeybunche0fgoats)
11/17/2016 at 10:53 • Filed to: None
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"Honeybunchesofgoats" (honeybunche0fgoats)
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Marginally related picture of the highest range I’ve ever seen on my Jag after a fill up following a lot of highway driving. Normal is about 320.
On Monday, I started my car and put air in the tires. All told, I think it was idling in park for maybe ten minutes, which I know was bad, but the little pump I had plugged into the cigarette lighter, and reaaaally bad things happen if the battery is ever allowed to die on an X308.
Anyway, as you’d expect, the range on the digital display dropped like a stone by the time I got in the car. But here’s the weird thing: the analog fuel gauge was right between 1/4 and 1/2 a tank. I even forgot for a moment that I had filled the tank the day before. After about a minute of driving, the fuel gauge went up to a little over 3/4. I’ve never seen that happen before, and don’t really understand why that would happen.
CalzoneGolem
> Honeybunchesofgoats
11/17/2016 at 11:00 |
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Let me get this straight. Your Jag had a weird electrical hiccup and you’re surprised?
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Honeybunchesofgoats
> CalzoneGolem
11/17/2016 at 11:02 |
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I’m not so sure it’s electrical though, although I guess it could be.
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CalzoneGolem
> Honeybunchesofgoats
11/17/2016 at 11:08 |
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Well the information on the gauge is a translation of a electric signal sent from a potentiometer in or around the gas tank.
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Honeybunchesofgoats
> CalzoneGolem
11/17/2016 at 11:14 |
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I’m not too proud to admit that I always figured it was some sort of floaty bob thing for the analog gauge.
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CalzoneGolem
> Honeybunchesofgoats
11/17/2016 at 11:17 |
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It is. The float bob thing moves an arm attached to the potentiometer.
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Honeybunchesofgoats
> CalzoneGolem
11/17/2016 at 11:21 |
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Ah, okay, that makes sense.
Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
> Honeybunchesofgoats
11/17/2016 at 12:03 |
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Happens on my e36 every time I drive it. The indicated petrol level doesn’t settle until it warms up.
My bird IS the word
> Honeybunchesofgoats
11/17/2016 at 12:05 |
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Hell, it could be your float. usually they don’t go bad on cars until they get really old though.
ToyotaFamily
> Honeybunchesofgoats
11/17/2016 at 12:50 |
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It’s a common issue on G35's too. Fill up, gauge reads 3/4, drive around and it’s back up to full and then fluctuates some more.