Ellen in Oregon typed:

> This sounds a lot like my gauge...even after a fill-up, it never reads
> quite full, and it drops like a stone rapidly to 3/4.
>
> I do, however, know my MPG (20), and knowing the amount of fuel the tank
> holds (16), have arrived at a "safe" figure to drive before I know I
> need to get it filled again. Generally this is 250 miles (which uses 12.5
> gallons of gas).  I always reset the trip meter at every fill-up.

Me, too. Trust the odometer, wonder whether VW did a lousy job with the
sender + meter, or if it's just a symptom of the system's age. How you
get 20 mpg is a mystery to me -- I envy you. Mellow Yellow gets 15.7
mpg, average freeway. A tank is good for 240 miles, by seat-of-the-pants
reckoning.

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Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
KG6RCR