My 2 ideas on "What's a Happen' Here"!!
1st, if you have the stock fuel pump, the return line is running Warm Gas back to the tank.
Gasoline is a VOC with a boiling point at 104 degrees, ie. IT EXPANDS LIKE KRAZY !!
And it contracts like wise. "Different readings after being parked."
2nd, Any fuel gauge is a "Estimator" at best, Also your tank is not of a perfect shape for volume,
and the gauge "Sender" measures "Fall" from top to bottom. Visualize a Round Fuel tank like on
a Semi Truck, as the fuel is being used, it goes down slow to the 1/2 way point, then it seems to
just "DISAPPEAR" in the lower half. Also at 3/4's, the amount used IS NOT A TRUE 1/4 of the volume.
This gets many "Truck Driving School Graduates" on their first trip out ! Even new equipment operators will get caught
Running Out. I have made many a times a "Never Fails Fuel Gauge" to help a NEW GUY OUT...
A surveyors slat, with 1 inch marking to the bottom of the stick, nothing beats a Gas Tank Dip Stick !!!
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