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Re: Clocks wanted
« Reply #15 on: 30 March 2017, 11:14:54 »
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Different fuel tanks with different sender calibrations

but dash fuel gauges  are all the same so not an issue.

Got a set out of a 2000 3.0i auto showing 189k but working when removed if you want them for price of postage.  :y

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Re: Clocks wanted
« Reply #16 on: 30 March 2017, 11:47:37 »
Estate gauge will over read... expect to run out at 1/4 tank.
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Re: Clocks wanted
« Reply #17 on: 30 March 2017, 15:11:41 »
Quote from: Doctor Gollum on 30 March 2017, 11:47:37
Estate gauge will over read... expect to run out at 1/4 tank.
I think the Project MV6 (estate) is running with saloon instruments now. (but with the original MID from the old cluster)

It didn't run out when James delivered it with the fuel warning light on and it didn't run out last week when the gauge was showing less than 1/4 full and the MID was showing 70 miles to empty.

I suspect that the senders are designed differently to account for the different tank shape - The resistance wire on the sender can be wound in a non-linear fashion to give an output that is proportional to fuel quantity rather than just level. It wouldn't make economic sense for VX to make different gauges as well if they didn't need to. :-\
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Re: Clocks wanted
« Reply #18 on: 30 March 2017, 16:22:11 »
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Estate gauge will over read... expect to run out at 1/4 tank.

you are talking 'dangle berries'  :-*
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Re: Clocks wanted
« Reply #19 on: 31 March 2017, 02:03:50 »
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Estate gauge will over read... expect to run out at 1/4 tank.

you are talking 'dangle berries'  :-*
Maybe it under reads... ::) either way, it will read wrong... having had a saloon cluster in the plod estate for about 18 months. But wtfdik :P
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Re: Clocks wanted
« Reply #20 on: 13 April 2017, 14:57:39 »
Clocks received from annihilator , many thanks  :y

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