RE: st-digest V1999 #226 (Fuel gauge)

["Smithers, Mark" <MSmithers@xxxxxxxxx>]

		Thought I'd add my experiences as to the list :

			Filled up right up to the top - bike on center stand
- - needle right up to the '1' mark - drove until the yellow light came on -
needle now into the red zone.  Filled up, again bike on center stand, right
to the top.  Drove for another 180 miles - needle sat at about ¾ mark -
emmm.  Not believing fuel gauge, filled up with another 16 liters - needle
back up to '1' marker again.

		So, do I believe the fuel gauge - Nope.

		But a question - Does the fuel light come on only when the
fuel gauge needle gets into the red zone or is there some other electronics
that switches it on (I believe that it indicates the last 4 liters of fuel)?

		Regards,

		Mark.

				-----Original Message-----
				From:	Danilowicz, Paul S.
[mailto:danilps@xxxxxxxx]
				Sent:	02 October 1999 01:50
				To:	'ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
				Subject:	RE: st-digest V1999 #226
(Fuel gauge)

				Last I wrote, my gas guage was "stuck" on
full, just over the 1 mark.   My dealer put in a new software download that
he said would fix it.   Triumph Tune #1007.   The gas guage did come alive
immediately.  I had about 75 miles on the tankfull at the time and the guage
read about 3/4.   Looked good.   I thought all was well.  

				I rode the bike the next day until it was
almost empty.   The guage behaved rationally and decreased smoothly until it
hit the red zone at about 205 trip miles.  The light came on as expected.
So far, so good.

				I pulled in and filled up.  (Bike on the
side stand.)   The gas was right up to the top.  As I rode away, the guage
was slowly rising - heavily damped, I suspected.   It never did get to the
full mark.   Instead, it would rise to about 7/8 and then slowly fall to
about 5/8.  I was taking about 5 to 10 minutes to cycle up and down.     

					I still only have about 25 miles on
that fill -up.   I am wondering if  the guage will get back to normal again
after about 75 miles go by....


				> ----------
				> From: 	Steve
Lawler[SMTP:slawler@xxxxxxxxxxx]
				> Sent: 	Thursday, September 30, 1999
6:48 AM
				> To: 	ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
				> Subject: 	Re: st-digest V1999 #226
(Fuel gauge)
				> 
				> I, like you Peter, have been unable to get
my needle up to the full mark
				> since I rode it home. I've gotten pretty
darn close, but no cigar. The
				> only thing that I can think of is that
they filled it with a gas can
				> while it was on the center stand thus
allowing fuel into the cavity
				> forward of the fill cap. (When not on the
center stand this area appears
				> to be higher than the fill cap.) I have to
call the shop at some point
				> this week. I will try to remember to ask
about that.
				> 
				> Steve Lawler
				> New Jersey
				> 2000 Sprint ST (Blue, of course)
				> 
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