Fuel gauge and capacity readings?

[Justin]

I know that:

Full tank is 70 litres
1/2 tank is 35 litres
1/4 tank is 17.5 litres

But where is 1/4 of a tank on the gauge?

What do the other two notches mean? Do they represent 1/4 and 3/4 of a tank even though they are not visually saying that?

I'm trying to work out when I have 19 litres left in the tank on the gauge so that I can syphon out what's left and replace it with 19 litres of race fuel.

Or should I work it out this way - 1 notch on the gauge = 4.117 litres

70 litres / 17 notches (including an extra notch for the reserve fuel) = 4.117

Therefore I should empty whats left at the 3rd visible notch on the gauge?

Help?

[heckler]

if you ask me - its totally random what ever is on the gauge, doesnt correspond to whats in the tank!

[uk-rich]

indication only

[zap]

Yep its all a bit of a guess.

[heckler]

only think i belive in is the low fuel level light...

[Shaun.]

It's a shame really, all that money and investment and the fuel gauge is "random". Would be nice to know what the 1/4 tank indication was "roughly" indicating - it's not 1/4 of a tank for sure.

Shaun.

[Guru]

Well the line where the needle is at on that picture is around 6 litres of fuel with whatever else is left around. I fill up at that point every time to save going to a non-Shell garage ;)

[Justin]

Well the line where the needle is at on that picture is around 6 litres of fuel with whatever else is left around. I fill up at that point every time to save going to a non-Shell garage ;)

Really? So the rest of the area above the needle equals 64 litres? :confused: