MkIII fuel guage

[vr6mike]

So I'm assuming it's not just my vr6 that has a fuel gauge that will go up when i go down a hill or round a right hand bend and do the opposite uphills and around left hand corners.
Yesterday I managed to run out of fuel whilst the guage read 1/4 full but the other day i drove 50kms with the needle well in the red. Very frustrating as I was in the middle of nowhere 20kms from the nearest town. Why can't a manufacturer than can fit a computer that tells me my average fuel consumption and speed not manage to fit a fuel warning light or a slightly more accurate fuel guage!

end rant...

[peedman]

im lucky that my fuel gauge will always display less than what i actually put in but then it will go back to normal 90% of the time. perhaps a new sender is required? its easy to access it as its in the boot where the black cap is. i dont know the exact procedure but i can find out from one of my manuals when i get back home

[99gti]

That sounds like a bugger! I've still not found the very limit of my petrol tank although I've had myself very concerened but it still hasn't let me down to this day. Inevetbly - I'll push it too far one day, I just pray I dont have to walk 20k's.

[cOS]

what annoys me about mine is that it doesn't tell me when I am hitting reserve. are our cars suppose to tell us when we hit reserve?

[The_Hawk]

I don't yet know exactly how far my guage will go down and it's not something I really want to find out. I'm just in the red now, but will fill it up tomorrow on the way home. (all of about 6 k's each way )

I can't say that I have noticed it jumping around too much either.

[vr6mike]

Yeah I ended up having to sign up with NRMA for $300! after a half an hour walk around to find a town and then ended up using the emergency phone!
Mine definitely fluctuates so might have to look in to the sender as peedman suggests.
cheers

[BlackVr6ix]

Mine fluctuates a little but i just reset my ODO when i fill up and fill up again once i've hit 420k's.

[vr6mike]

yeah that's what i'm gonna do from now on, except at 380 kms I think! I can usually get 400kms out of mine without too much worry.

[Soundofav6]

mine fluctuates alot too, I have come to accept it's one of those common flaws.

One time I have actually gone pass the red completely by about 1/2 mm on gauge. I remember at the pump I had about 5 and a bit more litres in my tank.

[vr6mike]

excuse my ignorance, 40? 42L tank?