FXDC fuel capacity help needed
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Like Katrina05, I can usually put in about 4.2-4.5 if I run it until the gauge is very low,
but I usually rely on the "Miles Remaining" which on my 2009 FXDC is very reliable. I
usually like to refill at about the 60 miles remaining point. I never really look at the actual
fuel gauge and usually assume that I have a very conservative 180 mile range for travel
planning purposes although I can go well past that. Often the "Miles Remaining" says that I
could have eked out 240 or so, but I'll be damned if I want to run out so I don't push it..
Once when I was in an area of town with gas stations every couple blocks, I deliberately
ran it down to where it showed about 20 miles remaining at which point it flipped over into
a "LOW FUEL" display. At that point it took about 4.8 gallons which was a pretty good test
of the gauge's accuracy, at least on MY bike... God only knows how much gauge variance
there may be from bike to bike.
FWIW
but I usually rely on the "Miles Remaining" which on my 2009 FXDC is very reliable. I
usually like to refill at about the 60 miles remaining point. I never really look at the actual
fuel gauge and usually assume that I have a very conservative 180 mile range for travel
planning purposes although I can go well past that. Often the "Miles Remaining" says that I
could have eked out 240 or so, but I'll be damned if I want to run out so I don't push it..
Once when I was in an area of town with gas stations every couple blocks, I deliberately
ran it down to where it showed about 20 miles remaining at which point it flipped over into
a "LOW FUEL" display. At that point it took about 4.8 gallons which was a pretty good test
of the gauge's accuracy, at least on MY bike... God only knows how much gauge variance
there may be from bike to bike.
FWIW
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On a 5 gallon tank you will never be able to put 5 full gallons in it, even new as the fuel pump and all it's hoses and such are in the tank using part of the capacity. After the first fill it should never actually end up bone dry unless you physically drain every drop.
That's a long way of saying what you experienced is normal. A fuel gauge on this small of a tank will never be fully accurate.
That's a long way of saying what you experienced is normal. A fuel gauge on this small of a tank will never be fully accurate.
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