Fuel Gauge never reads full

[Overdrive]

Originally Posted by eightsandaces

OD, I'm with you on making the cars as perfect as possible, working on gas tanks is a pita. There is a chance you can replace the float mechanism without tank removal or even free up the unit you have. I've never studied that part of Bentley. I certainly wasn't suggesting you let the vehicle fall into disrepair, just letting you know gas tanks suck. Since I run half tank to save weight, it would never bother me...

PS If you run it to the near empty, then fill it up you might just get lucky and get the float working again, it's not without precedent.

I didn't take your words to mean that at all, eights. I know what you were getting at. Like I said, it's just a pet peeve of mine when it comes to my cars not being in tip-top, and I know I've got a long road ahead of me before I get this Boxster to where I'm quite happy with its overall condition. It's those little things, like a fuel gauge being a little off, that seem to bug me worse than if part of the car's body were hanging off, heheh. Despite it being a little thing, though, working on it isn't as small of an undertaking, so like you said, little return for the effort.

You make a good point, though. Maybe I will run the tank down on a long drive or something, and see if filling it up from there will smack some sense into the float.