Petrol Gauges on CA Romany

[MBanks]

Hi,
I once read that the petrol gauges on the Romanys can be a bit tempremental, and I have noticed that mine might not be that accurate and I was wondering if anyone might be able to enlighten me on this subject.

Also I’m not sure if the speedo is too accurate either. Any info on these subjects would be greatly appreciated!
Many thanks,
Martin

[Phil Perfect]

Dear Martin,
Inaccuracy on petrol gauge may be due to various things : electrical (bad earth, …), or mechanical when petrol fill the float. It is also important to bear in mind that the variation is often non linear moreover as it is an electrico-mechanical stuff, the waves in the tanks make the level variyng when one brakes or accelerates. Having tested it, I must admit that I am pretty trusty so far on my fuel gauge. When I fill the tank up, it says that the tank is full and when the level is hiding most of the bar of the E for Empty, I always run out of petrol, but between the two, I can’t know exactly how much petrol I have got left.

About the speedo, again inaccuracy can originate from wrong tyre sizes, gearbox ratios not mated to speedos, … Comparing my speed with speed told with speed cameras as you can find when entering some towns, it seems that my speedo indicates 10 km/h more then my actual speed.

[TTotal]

Hello guys, the fuel guage on old Billy is also pretty accurate as brim full the needle is on F and when he splutters it is on E !
That happened only once so we always top up on about 1/4 full, that gives us chance to stop for a brew anyway which is nice as there is never any rush when we go driving Billy.

The speedo was checked with a Sat Nav and found to be quite inaccurate though…

At indicated 70 mph he was really doing 59 mph
At 60 51
At 50 42
At 40 34
At 30 26

We have the 185 by 14 radials and a 4 speed gearbox fitted.

Hope that helps,

Best regards

John 🙂

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