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| chek Member Since: 17 Sep 2015 Location: ZRH Posts: 181   
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Same here, since new. I take it as normal. It's a Defender.
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28th Jul 2019 2:54pm |
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| shropshiredefender Member Since: 05 Jun 2017 Location: Shropshire Posts: 832  
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Yes mine does that too - 2011 model 110 USW.
Normal for a correct shape Land Rover (since 1948)  |
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28th Jul 2019 3:19pm |
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| dgardel Member Since: 30 Nov 2008 Location: Veneto (Heart & Head) Posts: 3586 
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Are you making fuel with the engine running? Discovery 5 td6 HSE Stornoway Gray Outback Engineering Limited Edition
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28th Jul 2019 4:33pm |
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| AlisterC Member Since: 25 Apr 2012 Location: Somerset Posts: 116  
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Thanks for the responses
I’ve owned the vehicle for over 7 years, and its been working perfectly! Think of all the time wasted when I could have had this feature all that time On a aserious note - does the fuel guage read accurately like this?... I have a feeling it’s reading too high compared to how it used to Is there a fix? Dgardel - I wonder if my misses was refilling it through the back window as we were driving along  |
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28th Jul 2019 4:49pm |
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| MMR1988 Member Since: 29 Oct 2016 Location: Chemnitz Posts: 54  
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The fuel gauge is progressive. Mine shows full for the first 150 km and went down faster and faster, The last quarter is then only for a little bit more than 100 km, whereas the other ones are for 150+ km.
And yes, I have to drive some minutes before the gauge went to full after the filling is finished. |
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28th Jul 2019 8:01pm |
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| HardCharger Member Since: 03 Mar 2013 Location: Manila, SFO, Amsterdam Posts: 673 
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That's normal, it happens every now and then.
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29th Jul 2019 2:53am |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 16857  
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When I first bought my Puma if I filled the tank I could drive for approx 100 miles before the gauge moved at all, then it would drop increasing quickly over the remaining 300 miles or so from that tankful. It was very logarithmic in its behaviour.
Interestingly after I fitted a new sender unit last year (the old one split and leaked) the gauge is now perfectly linear and drops at a constant rate proportional to the fuel used, roughly 1/4 tank every 100 miles, which is about right. |
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29th Jul 2019 8:39am |
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| AlisterC Member Since: 25 Apr 2012 Location: Somerset Posts: 116
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THanks for all the input folks
Blackwolf - I was wondering if it could be a sender issue, seeing as it had been working perfectly normally all this time, and then starts doing this I will run it for a few miles and see how it behaves and then take a decision Many thanks again all, really appreciated |
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29th Jul 2019 8:46am |
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| HardCharger Member Since: 03 Mar 2013 Location: Manila, SFO, Amsterdam Posts: 673
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Sound like I need a new sender myself then. It was working linear before it drowned now it is not. |
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29th Jul 2019 11:48am |
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| Mongolia Member Since: 23 Jun 2013 Location: Toulouse Posts: 45 
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Don't change your sender. May be same problem after changing.
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29th Dec 2019 11:48am |
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| AlisterC Member Since: 25 Apr 2012 Location: Somerset Posts: 116
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Hi
Thanks for this It ended up only happening once. When I refilled the tank again all went back to normal I hope everyone has a wonderful, healthy and peaceful 2020 |
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29th Dec 2019 12:53pm |
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