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Any known problems with 02 gas gauge? Mine barely moves until I have driven
about 150 miles. I hit the half way mark at about 250 and average about a
total of 350 per tank. I'm about 2K away from the warranty expiring.

On 7/26/04 8:06 PM, in article
DUhNc.15733$ps5.6686903@news4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net, "riz" <riz@nospam.com>
wrote:

> Any known problems with 02 gas gauge? Mine barely moves until I have driven
> about 150 miles. I hit the half way mark at about 250 and average about a
> total of 350 per tank. I'm about 2K away from the warranty expiring.
>
>

I still remember my dad explaining why the gas gauge worked that way on the
'55 Olds (in 1958). His comment was "Watch, it will stay full for a hundred
miles, then once it gets to the half full mark, it will drop like a rock".

Several cars I have owned actually had the markings on the gauge altered
such that half full was about two thirds of the way to full to visually
adjust for it. Why is this? Most gas gauges are driven by an arm floating
in the tank that slides along a variable resistor, the behavior of which is
not linear.

I suppose since they can now put as much circuitry in a fingernail sized
chip as the first space shuttle had altogether, they could add a converter
to adjust the behavior of the gas gauge. Its unlikely that they will be
doing it in a Civic.

There is nothing wrong with your gauge.

Was this the way the gauge was functioning when you bought the car
new? If it wasn't then there may be an issue with the fuel sending
unit. If however this has been working the same since you have bought
the car, then it is probably normal.

Regards,
Nick

On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 01:06:43 GMT, "riz" <riz@nospam.com> wrote:

>Any known problems with 02 gas gauge? Mine barely moves until I have driven
>about 150 miles. I hit the half way mark at about 250 and average about a
>total of 350 per tank. I'm about 2K away from the warranty expiring.
>

Thanks for the attempt to explain it to me. I'm not sure I get it all except
for the last--and most important part--"there's nothing wrong with your gas
gauge!!


"E. Meyer" <e52.meyer0SPAM@ieee.org> wrote in message
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> On 7/26/04 8:06 PM, in article
> DUhNc.15733$ps5.6686903@news4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net, "riz" <riz@nospam.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Any known problems with 02 gas gauge? Mine barely moves until I have
driven
> > about 150 miles. I hit the half way mark at about 250 and average about
a
> > total of 350 per tank. I'm about 2K away from the warranty expiring.
> >
> >
>
> I still remember my dad explaining why the gas gauge worked that way on
the
> '55 Olds (in 1958). His comment was "Watch, it will stay full for a
hundred
> miles, then once it gets to the half full mark, it will drop like a rock".
>
> Several cars I have owned actually had the markings on the gauge altered
> such that half full was about two thirds of the way to full to visually
> adjust for it. Why is this? Most gas gauges are driven by an arm
floating
> in the tank that slides along a variable resistor, the behavior of which
is
> not linear.
>
> I suppose since they can now put as much circuitry in a fingernail sized
> chip as the first space shuttle had altogether, they could add a converter
> to adjust the behavior of the gas gauge. Its unlikely that they will be
> doing it in a Civic.
>
> There is nothing wrong with your gauge.
>