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From: pwv@fluke.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: Logarithmic fuel gauges...
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Date: Thu, 1-Nov-84 14:48:43 EST
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Posted: Thu Nov  1 14:48:43 1984
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Find your fuel tank and take a look at it.  Every vehicle I have seen that
exhibited the sort of problem that you describe (non-linear fuel gauge) had an
irregular shaped fuel tank to allow clearance for spare tires, suspension
parts, body contouring, etc.  It's not that your gauge is "logarithmic", in
fact, it's probably quite linear.  The reason behind it all is that the fuel
level drops non-linearly.-- 

   Pat Vilbrandt
   John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc.
   Everett, Washington USA
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