Gas Gauge Weirdness

Rodd1s · Post by **Rodd1s** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 6:25 pm

go for it, anything can be made to fit if u put in the time and effort... and of course the money. lol

daewoomofo · Post by **daewoomofo** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 10:18 pm

i know that my fuel guage (in both woos) reads empty after about 10 gallons, but the lanos has a 12.7 gallon tank. it doesnt bother me. at least i know that ill never run out of gas!

Bob3825 · Post by **Bob3825** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 10:44 pm

Guys is there a wiring diagram for the lanos gauge cluster anywhere on the internet? i can't even find it in the service manual, i only find parts there, and on the forum i only found the tach install
Fortunately i have service manuals for most of the hondas out there so i have it's gauge cluster wiring diagram, oh it would take alot of time if i had to take it wire by wire

oh btw i have the rpm cluster with 3 plugs in the back and the bigger plug is in the middle

Rodd1s · Post by **Rodd1s** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 10:48 pm

daewoomofo wrote:i know that my fuel guage (in both woos) reads empty after about 10 gallons, but the lanos has a 12.7 gallon tank. it doesnt bother me. at least i know that ill never run out of gas!

and thats 10.6 uk gallons, or 48 liters. i know we've covered this a year or so ago, but has anyone actually ever managed to fill their tank up by that much? the most ive ever seen go in is between 38 and 40 liters from the needle being deep in the red.

Bob3825 · Post by **Bob3825** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 10:51 pm

actually once when my gauge was doing this weird stuff, the tank was almost empty and i managed 43 liters, i guess it was really empty then

daewoomofo · Post by **daewoomofo** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 12:45 am

ive always filled when it said empty, so thats around 10 gallons or so, so i havent ever topped it off from empty

benzino · Post by **benzino** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 2:27 am

The fuel light comes on when there is 6 litres left.

I drove till the fuel light came on and when i filled up... lo and behold... the tank took 42 litres

which is spot on seeing as though the tank is 48 litres

jidasas · Post by **jidasas** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 11:53 am

I was out of money about a month ago and drove until I had so little gas that the engine started to die...made it to a gas station and borrowed my gf's debit card and filled up...it took a little over 11.75 US gallons.

Jimmy

lanowoo · Post by **lanowoo** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 1:19 pm

I can drive my lanos untill the needle reaches past the middle part of the actual letter E, and it could hold 12.24 gallons. Anything after the middle part of the E she's running on fumes.

MMamdouh · Post by **MMamdouh** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 10:29 pm

also note that the gauge scale doesn't reflect the consistency of fuel usage... i mean the gauge will drop fast from full to 3/4 then slower all the way down... i had my needle at the red mak twice and the fuel warning lamp was not lit (it is working properly)

another piece of info is that the sending unit for the gauge is on the fuel pump body... and it seems that over time the connections on the sending unit gets dirty or develop deposits and cause sluggishness to the gauge

had a friend that got a gauge that never goes over 3/4 even with a full tank... i took off the fuel pump, claned the connectors and put it back... two years now and the gauge is working perfectly up to this day

MMamdouh

daewoomofo · Post by **daewoomofo** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 10:36 pm

its kinda funny that you say yours drops fast from full to 3/4, then slow the rest of the way, mines oposite. slow from full to 3/4 down then fast the last 1/4. hmmmmm

benzino · Post by **benzino** » Wed Oct 15, 2008 1:29 am

hahaha mine goes Slow... Fast... Fast... Slow

Rodd1s · Post by **Rodd1s** » Wed Oct 15, 2008 2:39 pm

mine drops... slow... slow... medium... rapid!

Pir0 · Post by **Pir0** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 5:36 pm

Mines is always empty ^^

daewoomofo · Post by **daewoomofo** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 9:17 pm

Pir0 wrote:Mines is always empty ^^

thats cause you dont drive your fucking car paul