Is this normal?

Is this normal? was created by MAXTHEDOG

Posted 4 weeks 10 hours ago #223911
 
As per the photo. This was the fuel gauge after standing overnight. I put £25 in and it went up to about 3/8 on the gauge.
If it is it's only taken me 3 years to notice.
If not, a new sender perhaps?
Cheers,
M.
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Posted 4 weeks 1 hour ago #223916
Is that with the ignition off? My car does that when the ignition is off, the fuel gauge shows some random reading, regardless of how much fuel is in the tank........buggered if I know why and I never really cared enough to bother finding out!
Normal service resumes when the ignition is turned on.

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Replied by judiths handyman on topic Is this normal?

Posted 3 weeks 6 days ago #223917
We must all be tempted to say the way fuel prices are rising it will be normal soon.
My gauge is steady with the ignition on or off, I find it interesting that a potential tea leaf can check out how far he may get before deciding on my car.
I don't think its normal, but like Cobber, if it read correctly on start up I would also leave well alone.
To paraphrase, if it aint really really badly broke, dont fix it is my motto.
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Replied by Charless on topic Is this normal?

Posted 3 weeks 6 days ago #223918
With several Fs but no TFs experience the answer is 'yes'. I can't imagine MGR changing anything about the gauge between models.
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Replied by David Aiketgate on topic Is this normal?

Posted 3 weeks 6 days ago #223922
It is normal for some of our cars, I can't for the life of me remember when it changed. So, you could have a car where it is normally zeroed ignition off, and another that holds the reading, 🤣

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Posted 3 weeks 6 days ago #223924
My TF holds the reading..about quarter full as I never put much petrol in it!!
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Replied by mowog73 on topic Is this normal?

Posted 3 weeks 6 days ago #223925
On both of ours '95 Fs the fuel gauge the needle stays at the position when the engine is turned off.

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Replied by MAXTHEDOG on topic Is this normal?

Posted 3 weeks 6 days ago #223926
Thanks everyone for confirming that it appears to be 'normal.'
Cobber, in answer to your question, yup ignition was off.
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M.
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Replied by Daedalus on topic Is this normal?

Posted 3 weeks 6 days ago #223927
If it helps, mine shows about a third full when the petrol tank is not in the car.


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Replied by TA22GT on topic Is this normal?

Posted 3 weeks 6 days ago #223929
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Posted 3 weeks 6 days ago #223931
I always fill my tank, I can't be arsed with constantly going to  bloody petrol stations as I've got better things to do and would end up using the petrol anyway.
But I did notice that on my car the gauge would not show the true amount of fuel that was in the tank when the ignition was off.
It would only show the true amount of fuel when the ignition was on.

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Replied by RLDR on topic Is this normal?

Posted 3 weeks 5 days ago #223946
my experience with my TF is that if i want to know how much fuel there is in the tank, i dont look at the gauge because thats so unreliable. it just gives a slight indication of what could be in the tank
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