Try driving with a spare 5 gallons in the gas can in the trunk. Drive til it quits. Now, you are empty. Check whatever you want. Add the 5 gallons. Drive home. It's Friday, right? Tom 57 Coronet in Southern Ohio > As I STILL do not know where true-empty may be, on my gauge, I think > I'll try again to have a body-shop suction-out the tank. I tried that > 'trick', many years ago, & the car kept-on idling! > > But, as the gauge now "snaps" to life, thanx to WD-40 lubrication, I > should get an accurate "Empty" reading, with the tank virtually-dry. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Need an answer fast? Search the 17,000+ pages of the Forward Look Mailing List archives at http://www.forwardlook.net/search.htm
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