The gas gauge is a rough estimate on these things. I zero out my trip at fillup. I don't like to go much over 150 miles before fill up. Some of you guys with big blocks probably have a lower number. Haven't run out yet.
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My Smiths gauge goes really, really slow from full to the half way mark, then stays there for a while, then drops really, really fast to the empty mark. It's better than nothing, but I rely on my odometer. Basically what I do is try and fill it up when the odometer hits 100 and under no circumstances go past 150 miles. Although in theory I could go 200 miles on a full tank of gas.
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Ditto
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Originally Posted by kayakjack
The gas gauge is a rough estimate on these things. I zero out my trip at fillup. I don't like to go much over 150 miles before fill up. Some of you guys with big blocks probably have a lower number. Haven't run out yet.
I have spent several hundred dollars trying to get mine calibrated. Bought a new sending unit and gauge. paid two people to work on it. still reads full all the time. It's annoying.
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