Me too. On my diesel, the gauge shows 3/4 or so full when topped off
completely. When it shows empty, I have about 50 miles left.

No dents in the tank.

Any adjustments I can try?

Jim

On Oct 1, 2004, at 2:42 PM, Wes Ullrich wrote:

> My gauge is way off, I have 2-3 gallons left when I am at dead zero,
> so I
> use the trip odometer as my gas gauge. For example, my tank hold 16
> gallons
> (its not dented) but after 50 miles of driving, my gauge reads half
> empty,
> but I can go at least 220 miles (prob more, but thats all I dare!)
>
> Wes
>
>
> >From: BenT <syncro@GMAIL.COM>
> >Reply-To: BenT <syncro@GMAIL.COM>
> >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> >Subject: Re: Vanagon gas tank capacity?
> >Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2004 11:42:29 -0700
> >
> >Check and see if the tank is dented. Your gauge may also be
> >inaccurate. Since you didn't run out of gas at 13 gallons your
> gauge
> >sounds like it is off. Reserve is just the point in the gauge where
> >the last gallon is normally. It the gauge is out of whack, you may
> be
> >reading reserve with about last 3 gallons left.
> >
> >BenT
> >http://members.aol.com/bentbtstr8/myhomepage/index.html
>
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