Yes, StarTron works great. I didn't even know I had a reserve warning
light, until the tank got cleaned up...and yes there was that clogged
filter thing in the mountains.
Rob
'85 300D
On 1/29/12 2:22 AM, diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com wrote:
> Re: '81 240D wildly fluctuating fuel gauge
> Posted by: "briankk"briankk@att.net
> Date: Sat Jan 28, 2012 5:36 pm ((PST))
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> Had that problem with my 240, lots'o algae killer fixed the gauge right up. Moss growing on the wire or something...
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> bk
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> --- On Sat, 1/28/12, Brian Barnhart<brianbarn@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> From: Brian Barnhart<brianbarn@yahoo.com>
> Subject: [diesel_mercedes] '81 240D wildly fluctuating fuel gauge
> To:diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Saturday, January 28, 2012, 5:20 PM
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> Since recently replacing the instrument cluster in my '81 240D so that I would have the amazing luxury of a working odometer, I have a bizarre fuel gauge. It flits around quite a bit, and sometimes flies back and forth from full to empty and back. Sometimes the movement is less pronounced, say from full to 3/4. This movement is not constant - sometimes the gauge is just fine. The temp gauge also fluctuates sometimes, but not nearly as much. The oil pressure gauge is rock steady all the time.
> Is this a common situation, and is there a fix? I can estimate fuel usage as long as the odometer is working, but it would be nice to have a steady fuel gauge.
> By the way, I got 28.5 mpg on the tank I filled today.
> Not bad for around-town driving.
> Thanks in advance for the feedback.
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