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manchester-lad
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Registered: 17th Feb 03
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12th Feb 06 at 12:08   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

over past couple weeks my petrol gauge been really funny i put 20 quid in and after about 40 miles its reading between half and a quater but if i park car on a down hill it goes up to half or just a lil over is this typical or is summit wrong cheers
YT
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I think this happens with all corsa's, if i put my foot down it goes down and if i brake hard it will go up, does it around roundabouts as well
Rob_Corsa
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it hapens due to the way the sender unit works in the tank, its a very crude method of measuring fuel level and does vary with the angle of the vehicle.
manchester-lad
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12th Feb 06 at 16:48   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

so say if i got a few subs in my boot and its making back end lower then the front thats my problem
Rob_Corsa
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think it would take more of an angle than that created by a small amount of weight in the boot.

 
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