2011 cluster fuel gauge

[Lamonster]

When I was at BRP I had my cluster updated to the 2011 cluster. Mine was still preproduction and there were some new updates. One of the first things I noted was when I stopped to get fuel I had to put a lot more in the tank than before at the same bar reading. On the last leg home I decided to see how far I could go after the low fuel light came on. Understand that I was running 80+ towing a trailer at the time the light came on.

Light came on at 120 miles and I ran completely out of fuel at 139 miles. :shocked:

Now here's the real eye opener. I had two gallons of fuel with me and when I added them my fuel gauge came up to 3 bars on the cluster. Looks like I'm going to have to make some adjustments to my fuel stops if I don't want to be sitting on the side of the road somewhere. :lecturef_smilie:

 

[packbuckbrew]

I recently unhooked the analog gauges and noted that the digital display did not drop a bar until I had put on nearly 60 miles, I got 157 miles befor fueling and put in 5.7 gallons. So I guess the bars are not proportional.

 

[Lamonster]

They are defenitly NOT proportional.

 

[ntxYguy2009]

Wow - that's not good. :yikes: Nineteen miles out in the middle of no where Texas won't get you to the next station.

David

 

[fastfraser]

23 MPG :yikes::yikes: and I thought 28 MPG towing a trailer was bad .Mind you I was only going 60-65 .

So are you a Spyder Tech?

 

[GeoffCee]

My Garmin Zumo 550 BT has a fuel usage facility based on how many miles your vehicle does per tank of fuel. Obviously you wouldn't want to put in a fuel consumption figure that used it all and left you dry, so I tell the Zumo my Spyder does 150 miles to a tank.

When I fill up I zero the Zumo and it warns me 150 miles later that I need fuel. If I am close to a pump at that point it takes about 17 liters, which is roughly 4.5 US gallons. So with a total tank capacity of 6.6 US gallons when I fill up there is about 2 US gallons reserve in the tank.

I'm happy with the way it works, it's a good facility and it matches the redline readout on my Spyder's analogue fuel gauge.

 

[IWN2RYD]

I noticed our 2011 Cluster (Had to replace the 2010 for the CB issue) that the fuel bars are not the same from one tank to the next. Meaning half a tank on the gauge is not always a half of a tank, sometimes there is a full gallon more or less in the tank (Filling up before a long ryde). We are on our fourth tank of gas and trying to figure it out.

One thing is clear... When it gets to the last bar... We are almost out of fuel. As the fuel light comes on as soon as the last two bars are lit...

 

[Lamonster]

I noticed our 2011 Cluster (Had to replace the 2010 for the CB issue) that the fuel bars are not the same from one tank to the next. Meaning half a tank on the gauge is not always a half of a tank, sometimes there is a full gallon more or less in the tank (Filling up before a long ryde). We are on our fourth tank of gas and trying to figure it out.

One thing is clear... When it gets to the last bar... We are almost out of fuel. As the fuel light comes on as soon as the last two bars are lit...

:agree:

 

[GeoffCee]

The analogue fuel meter on my RT shows an increase in the amount of fuel in the tank as I pull a long left turn. Kinda tells me the float is on the right side of the tank.

 

[Lamonster]

 

[GeoffCee]

This looks like somebody is trying to breed a chest burster as featured in the Alien sci-fi quadrilogy. :yikes: