Why the top fuel level bar lasts so long

[tk-421]

Thanks for the great info as always, Scott!

Originally Posted by CTScott

here's a Mythbusters style analysis of it (fortunately, minus the large explosion at the end):

You have to admit it would've been awesome to see though...

Do you know how each fuel bar correlates to those graph values? It would be nice to see when the fuel meter comes goes down from 3 to 2 bars, for example.

[CTScott]

Originally Posted by tk-421

Thanks for the great info as always, Scott!



You have to admit it would've been awesome to see though...

Do you know how each fuel bar correlates to those graph values? It would be nice to see when the fuel meter comes goes down from 3 to 2 bars, for example.

It's pretty gray as far as the bars go. They're bands are quite wide and the cluster's computer takes quite a while to decide that it's OK to update the level.

I understand why, as driving around and watching the real-time raw data, the fuel sloshes like crazy and the level bounces over a range of 2-4 gallons.

[Yaris Hilton]

The gauge has to be averaging the level over a fairly long period of time.

Yesterday I parked mine in the garage and shut it off with the second bar showing on the gauge. When I started it up again a few hours later, it came on with the last bar blinking. Never saw it do that before. I figure it had just reached the threshold for changing bars, but it hadn't been there long enough before I switched it off.