rslee1980

i got a 88 spec rs turbo, the problem is when i accelerate my petrol gauge starts to go down on the gauge but when i stop (at a set of lights for example) it goes back to the normal reading , would this be the sender unit or is it time to replace my clocks ,

crazycage

i get that on my fez turbo ,its the float in the tank

SaqsS2turbo

theres no sensors its a manual float in the tank lol was like that with all my escorts wen you take off the fuel gose all the way to the back of the tank making the float changes height and giving a lower reading you will see if you park the car on a tilt front down and the fuel will show more then whats in there its just ford pathetic float system

djmillsy

all my fords do just keep it full and youll have nothing to worry about

rslee1980

thanks for your help lads , . atleast im not alone

SaqsS2turbo

SafeChav

On my first car when i changed it from poverty spec clocks to a set with a rev counter i wasn't aware the senders in the tank varied, so once you got below half a tank if you went left apparently i had NO fuel, and if you went right i had near on a full tank

So think yourself lucky, i had to fill up based on mileage

JamboRS

same happened to me safechav,thought this is a greedy bastard of a motor went to fuel station,it took 6 quid and was full to brim,felt like a free tank of fuel

vroooom ptssssh

@ free tank of fuel

Mine seems to ALWAYS be at a quarter an I keep stickin in tenners so maybe i'll get that free tank soon

SafeChav

JamboRST, well......when i first started usin the car, i was puttin a Ł5 in every 50 miles, and it took me fuckin weeks to work out why i could smell petrol, turns out it was A LOT better on fuel than that and i was running round with a full tank the whole time and it was sloshing out the cap on corners

but it used to do 65 miles on Ł5 ramping round town, even better on long runs

vroooom ptssssh, keep wishin mate, when i put the cabby on the road the sender didnt work and i ran out of petrol every day for the first 10 days

I think this compensated for the above by doing 50 miles on a tenner

rslee1980

i got an idea if we all keep driving to the right we will never have to fill our cars up ever again. so GORDAN BROWN can shove hes petrol price up hes batty, so i can spend more on .

rslee1980

listen up people 'I GOT AN IDEA' if we keep driving to the right we will always have a full tank and never fill up again

SafeChav

I wouldnt say that idea was so good that it was worth posting twice lol

rslee1980

didnt mean to do it twice , was rather tired when writing that