would anyone know why the fuel gauge needle moves to the empty position when i accelerate but returns to the normal fuel position once i take my foot of the accelerator ive fitted a new bosch pump recently but i dont see why the needle should be moving like that,
any ideas?

 

there all like that mate you ent the only one lol its the float in the tank it gose up and down any time the fuel rocks in the tank unlike new cars with sensors so theres nothing to worry about

 

Mine doesnt do it. Yeah it moves slightly when going up / down hills, but not to the red when I accelerate.

When you say it goes into the red, what is it's original position? Full, 3/4, 1/2, 1/4 etc ...?

 

myn only pops to red if ive got quarter tank

 

Mine does the same...

I think its does it to warn you that if you keep your foot down you will very soon be out of fuel

 

MINE NEVER DID THIS???? DOES NOT SOUND RIGHT MATEY

THEY MAY BE IN ACCURATE BUT THEY AINT THAT BAD

 

They all do it...............the quicker your car is the worse it'll do it

 

my turbo used always do it used to shit it think oh crap got x amount miles to go then i'd take my foot off and back up she goes

 

I found that going downhill is the most accurate reading

 

so are all you guys saying evertime you put your foot down even with half a tank your needle goes straight to red and then back up when you come off the gas

My fuel gauge was bad but never pulled tricks like that, it moved around but slowly not shooting up and down more like my boost gauge.

 

I normally go with the fuel computer and the miles ive done, fuel gauge can lie sometimes

 

Well no obviously thats very extreme, but they all move around a fair way, throwing the car round corners/braking sharply/accelerating hard.

T28 RST, the fuel computer is as un-accurate as the gauge, guess where it gets its reading from...........

 

Its cool coz i only use my car to drive round the houses so i can charge the battery up or free the brakes out a bit