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1. RE: Fuel guage sender ohms, second try -Reply (score: 1): Author: Matt Kulka <Matt.Kulka@hboc.com>; Date: Tue, 13 Jan 1998 12:57:31 -0500; I read an article a while ago in Car & Driver that explained that fuel gauges are built intentionally inaccurate. In a modern American car, the gauge will read full until the tank is a few gallons lo; /html/mgs/1998-01/msg00886.html (10,041 bytes)
2. RE: Fuel guage sender ohms, second try -Reply (score: 1): Author: "Scott Gardner" <gardner7@pilot.infi.net>; Date: Tue, 13 Jan 1998 22:23:19 +0000; <<SNIP>> Douglas, I'm not positive, but I thought that there was actually a fixed number of gallons that HAD to be in the tank when the needle read "empty", courtesy of Ralph Nader, et al. It was re; /html/mgs/1998-01/msg00919.html (9,458 bytes)
3. RE: Fuel guage sender ohms, second try -Reply (score: 1): Author: Christopher T Palmer <ctp@gbn.org>; Date: Tue, 13 Jan 1998 22:03:38 +0100; A fuel tank sender is a variable resistor. The uneven spacing of lines on a guage is because the resistance output of the sender is not linear per quantity of fuel in the tank. CTP; /html/mgs/1998-01/msg00933.html (8,759 bytes)
4. RE: Fuel guage sender ohms, second try -Reply (score: 1): Author: "Scott Gardner" <gardner7@pilot.infi.net>; Date: Wed, 14 Jan 1998 02:09:40 +0000; Which begs the question, "Why aren't all cars done this way?". Is there a way that other automakers use to get linear output from the sender? I would think that this would be a pretty mature technol; /html/mgs/1998-01/msg00940.html (9,062 bytes)
5. RE: Fuel guage sender ohms, second try -Reply (score: 1): Author: Christopher Palmer <ctp@gbn.org>; Date: Wed, 14 Jan 1998 09:50:10 -0800; The cynic in me says that it's economics or laziness or apathy on the parts of the car companies. Is there a way to get linear output? ABSOLUTELY...piece of cake for a resistor maker. BUT: They woul; /html/mgs/1998-01/msg00961.html (9,565 bytes)
6. RE: Fuel guage sender ohms, second try -Reply (score: 1): Author: Phil Vanner <pvanner@pclink.com>; Date: Wed, 14 Jan 1998 16:40:33 -0600; I don't know what this means but the gas gauge on my ancient and = battered BMW 320i has a 3/4 mark that is barely one needle thickness = away from the full mark. The other 3 marks( 1/2 tank, 1/4 tan; /html/mgs/1998-01/msg00985.html (10,228 bytes)
7. Re: Fuel guage sender ohms, second try -Reply (score: 1): Author: Mike Lishego <mikesl@tartan.sapc.edu>; Date: Wed, 14 Jan 1998 18:06:14 -0800; The odd thing about this whole thread is that it applies to neither of my vehicles. On my MGB, I'm out of gas with 1/4 of a tank showing on the gauge. My '91 S-10 ran out as the needle hit the big "E; /html/mgs/1998-01/msg00986.html (8,547 bytes)
8. Re: Fuel guage sender ohms, second try -Reply (score: 1): Author: Paul Hunt <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>; Date: Sun, 18 Jan 1998 15:53:34 +0000; If you dismantle a sender, you will see that the manufacturer has tried to make it linear by wrapping the resistance wire on a former that changes width along its length. The wider part of the former; /html/mgs/1998-01/msg01351.html (9,198 bytes)

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