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Rangie3.0LtrDan:
My fuel guage keeps bobbing up and down instead of staying still when am driving along so i cant get an idea of how much fuel i have.

Also how many MPG should i get out of a 1.3 Samurai?

Cheers

Dan

Paul.K/LuckyTrucker:
Hi there, Suzukis' aren't renowned for their economy 25- 30 mpg may be a little more if driven gently. I am a big Suzuki fan but I would not drive one on the road regularly. Tarmac is not the best place for them but off road well they can do remarkably well. The fuel gauge I suspect you may have a iffy connection from the sender. When I ran a Vitara with a non working fuel gauge on the road I would fill it up each time 42 litres max and trip the odometer each time.
Best of luck

rollazuki:
The fuel tank sender on top of the tank corrodes really badly.
Usually the first thing to rot off is the low fuel light trigger, followed by the fuel gauge connections, followed by the fuel return feed spigot.
Expect them all. lol.

best thing to do is lower the tank, clean the corrosion off, and cover it all in thick grease, extends its life a bit.

On the economy side, expect 25-30mpg as stated already. Mebbe a bit more with free wheel hubs, but 30 is good for a Sammy.

It gets better if you junk the awesomely complicated stock carb, and fit a twin choke webber/nikki and drive carefully, but Its never gonna get what you'd call good.

Mines all jacked up and silly, and still gets under 30 mpg with a Isuzu Tdi engine.

Rollazuki

nickW:
on my old sj i used to guess some where in the middle of where the neelde swings, my sj410 did 130 miles on a full tank

Rangie3.0LtrDan:
But how big was the fuel tank??  I.e. how much to fill up to get 130 miles?

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