one of the reasons why i use my trip meter, plus its allows me to check
gal per mile, my wife likes to get the most out of a full tank ;) and yes
i have needle drop also. standard feature for me

Joe
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Delanty [mailto:laurasdog@WEIRDSTUFFWEMAKE.COM]
> Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 05:26 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: fuel system
>
> Are you sure the tank is just low and not empty?
> The fuel gauge sender on mine is whacked, and
> when it says just under 1/4 tank, it really means
> "start walkin"...
>
> I ran mine out one day and put 15.35 gallons in to
> fill it. My gauge lies big time.
>
> Maybe yours too?
>
> Steve
> '86 Westy
>
>
> --------------------------
>
> Brian wrote:
> >So last week for the first time in my life I ran out
> >of gas. I think. The first time this happened the
> >needle on the fuel gauge was sitting at the top of the
> >orange area; about an 1/8th of a tank left I think. (I
> >had replaced the fuel filter only a few days and 100
> >miles previously) This coincided with an extremely
> >wheezy sound to the fuel pump; the nice crisp
> >pressurization when you turn the key had been replaced
> >by a weak sigh. I could still get it to run
> >momentarily, but when I checked the fuel pressure at
> >the T-connection fitting it wouldn't rise above 5 psi.
> >So I switched in the pump from my other van, which has
> >an equal number of miles. Problem solved, I thought.
> >
> >A few days later the van quit with a bit more gas in
> >it. I checked out a lot of things for a couple hours
> >and was beginning to think the new/used pump was also
> >shot, though it still had a good sound to it. But then
> >I tried pouring in five gallons of gas and it ran
> >perfectly.
> >
> >So now obviously I don't let the guage go below a
> >quarter tank, but I'm wondering what is going on. To
> >add to the fun, I have a leak at the top of the tank,
> >probably in one of the expansion tanks or connections,
> >because it only leaks very slightly when I let the
> >pump top-off the tank. After I drive a mile and stop
> >there is no more leak. So I think maybe this allows a
> >bit of air in which perhaps creates a lower pressure
> >when the tank is very low? Or is a strainer blocked?
> >Or is the pump weakening and it can't pull from a low tank?
> >
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