Fuel

[Fielder5757]

On saturday i fill the car up with ?20 of petrol, I drive 30miles down a bypass on sunday, Today i start the car up and the fuel lines toutching on red, Im wondering if either:

A) theres somthing wrong with the dial, The cars parked on a gentle slope over night, could this be it?

B) Somthings up with my tank, fuel lines etc

Somthing must be up, Even if i was ragging it (which i wasnt) I doubt i would burn about ?15 worth of fuel in 30 miles 

[Blue MK2]

would of thought it was the slope.

[Dizzie]

yeah. mine can more quite a lot if it's parked at an angle. even on my drive that's fairly flat it'll move.

[Fielder5757]

Ahhh Thanks guys. One more question, Is there anything i can do to make it show the rear amount? I drove it for about 10 miles but the meter still said i was just above the red 

[Dizzie]

it'll never show the exact amount cos the fuel is always 'sloshing' around in the tank. you'd have to park on a dead flat and leave the ignition on.

[Judderi]

Sounds like you have had some dirty scumbag syphen y tank to me. That sort of thing happens where i live anyway.

[Gambit]

the fuel gauge sender is located on the far right side of the tank, so you very rarely get an accurate readin while on the move!!

[Fielder5757]

Well i still havnt filled it up since i made this thread over a week ago  , So i guess it was a counter problem 

[VeeDubGTI16v]

mk2 fuel guages can be half a quarter out either way i find. you can see the petrol drop by a q of a tank when you come off the motorway and brake to a stop, and then it goes up a q when you cane it off.

[the boy mike]

Could be a dirty connection / poor earth on the sender unit. This happened a few times with my Capri.. Try cleaning the terminals with a bit of emery and squirting a bit of oil in there