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Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 7:37 am 
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first things first on tuesday i filled the car rigght up ($91 later) full to the brim and yeah today is now thursday and i have driven approx 100 kms according to the ODO and yeah

i put a Trip Computer in my EA Falcon GL the other day and now it says it is awalys full considering i have driven 100km and needle hasn't moved what the go have i f**k up my cluster or something or does it take a while for a full tank to go down a bit? and the TC has been sitting on 394 for last 5kms

 

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Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 10:06 am 
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I can do around 130k,s before the needle moves from full. If it still doesnt move the sender float could be jambed.
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Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 10:18 am 
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Yeah it's normal for it to remain on full for a while if you fully fill the car, if you're on the highway the trip computer will probably go up :)

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Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 10:21 am 
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Yeah mines doesn't move for about 100-150km depending on what driving I'm doing.

 

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Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 11:38 am 
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yeah exactly what the other guys said, u should see it move/it should've moved by 150kms... if it hasnt for a while after that then theres somethin wrong :P
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Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 1:13 pm 
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as above, my take on it is by brimming the tank, you are going well clear of the last fuel level sensor so untill you use the extra fuel you put in its gonna read full.

 

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Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 1:18 pm 
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I'll swap you for mine, it always reads empty :P

 

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Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 1:41 pm 
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yeah ya right about 138 it moved

 

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Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 5:06 pm 
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Technically you're only mean to fill it to the stop when you pump so if you filled it right up that's why
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Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2006 2:10 pm 
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I can do 500km and it still says it's full.
Then again sometimes it shows dead empty when it is full as well.

bloody electricals ... I have changed the floats and senders on both the LPG tanks under the ute ... and laos checked the earth points and plug connections as well.

I have been told there another earth point behind the cluster under the dash top and I need to check that as well.

*shakes head* PITA job that is.

 

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Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2006 10:55 am 
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yeh i have dual fuel, when its on gas and i fill it right up its either full or the needle stops working. like it ticks all the way up, then dies, then up then down, keep doing this until i have about half a tank of gas then it decides to work properly, dont know what the go is there (trip computer reading is fine though) Although when its on petrol it works fine....

 

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