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Originally Posted by strat61caster
We learned that lesson at Lincoln last year lol, renfield explained it, unless you throw about 3 gallons or more in the tank at once it doesn’t register as a fillup and keeps calculating fuel level based on consumption (I assume to minimize the needle bouncing around it rarely takes a real level reading). Guess it prevents getting a false level if parked on a hill or something? Idk. But yeah if you’re adding 1-2 gallons at a time the gauge will keep going down until you add about 3 gallons at once, might be able to get away with 2.5, I haven’t gotten scientific about it.
We panicked and did the same with an overfill halfway through the pro I think last year.
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Thanks! I knew that sometimes it wouldn't update if you put in only a gallon or two, but I've never left the light on long enough after that to see it actually go down to any significant degree. I always assumed it would just stay in one place and not go down further. Seeing the needle actually go down a bunch made me think that it really was reading. But what you're saying lines up.
I'll set up the fuel level PID in racecapture and at the next event try to determine if it's like the ND or not (where the dash is inaccurate but the obd signal is correct)