That gas tank needle of mine, lies to me and decieves me so often. Everyone knows that the tank of a mystique (possibly a contour as well) is a 50L tank, so therefore under normal conditions you expect about 450 to 500ish KM of mileage from your duratec. Well, when the needle is at half the tank, you'd expect to get maybe double of what the trip meter is (assuming you reset it after each fill up like me), actually you're only looking at getting the last 10 to 12.5L of gas back in useage. Because if on a low gas light, I put $20 or 20L of gas at 99.9L, it gives me more than half a tank on the needle. (LOL this last paragraph is a grammatical nightmare )

Anyway my point and question here is, is there ANYWAY to get the needle to be more accurate. I mean after 150 to 200KM or about anywhere from 10 to 20L of useage, the needle still reads and hovers around the full mark so I mean it's quite deceptive because guessing the efficiency of the engine and going by the trip meter is not really that accurate considering all the variables in fuel economy.

Do the rest of you guys ever notice that? Because I want the needle to be a little more accurate, is it a fuel sensor I have to change? If you guys know, or can comment on this, that'd be well appreciated.


1998 Mercury Mystique LS - Looking for SVT EXHAUST, SVT Rear bumper (silver frost) and ANY rocker mouldings (side skirts)