Re: [ST] Do fuel senders improve with age?

[Andrew Bell <abell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Simply, yep.  That is how my final (of 5) fuel senders operate. My mileage 
is also comparable to yours. With the following caveat, hiway touring nets 
about 55~60 mph.

FYI,

  At 11:54 AM 6/22/01 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi all;
>
>My ST is 18 months old now, and it suffered from the notorious inaccurate
>fuel-sender syndrome from the start.  From a full tank, the gauge would stay
>at the full mark or close to it for the first 70 - 80 miles, and then drop
>like a rock to near empty.  The low fuel light would come on at 110 - 120
>miles.  I've been putting off getting it replaced because of all the leak
>problems reports, and well  because I'm too d*mn lazy to schedule it at the
>dealer.
>
>But for the last 4 or 5 tankfuls, the gauge has been working just fine.
>Right now, I've got  about 100 miles since the last fill up, and the gauge
>is on the half full mark.  And the low fuel light has been coming on at
>between 160 and 170 miles.  As I'm getting 41-42mpg commuting, that seems
>about right to me. Hey, it's not perfect, but its a hell of lot better than
>it was.  If it keeps behaving like this, I probably won't bother getting it
>replaced at all.
>
>Wondering if anyone else has had similar experience......
>
>Mort Harries
>Haworth NJ
>'00 ST
>
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