pxlds

Hey whas up peeps well i got a em'1 for those who need to know with nothing additional to it rather than a b20 so noticing ive had this car for a little over a year the gas meter always happens to go down when i pull on it and then later goes up is it much of a normal thing for all civic's for this to happen or do i have to put different gas like the premium type .... ??

NotARaCist

iTrader: (1)

The tank isn't sumped or baffled. Heavy G forces will make the gas slosh around in the tank, causing your fuel gauge to move.

TomCat39

As will hills, left and right lean, and I wouldn't even say heavy g forces. Once the tank is low enough every start and stop, even casually, affects the guage.

NotARaCist

iTrader: (1)

hills and leaning are another form of G forces, breh.

TomCat39

I get that, you said Heavy G forces... Just adding that doesn't necessarily have to be hard G's to affect the guage.

crazyhouse2011

Welcome to the world of honda gas gauges.

TomCat39

^^^What he said.

NotARaCist

iTrader: (1)

Worst feeling in the world: Powering through a heavy right-turn on or off ramp, and realizing you lost half a tank of gas doing it.

Best feeling in the world: a mile later when you somehow magically have more gas than when you entered the turn.

crazyhouse2011

Ive taken 40+ mile trips on the interstate and arrived home with more gas than when i left.

p.bass

i had the same prob in one of my 91 civic but i could just be driving it at 30 miles and that would happened and coming to find out it had something to do with the meter inside the tank

pxlds

what is a heavy g force ?

TomCat39

I'll be gentle and ask first, do you know what a g force is or what g forces are?

Defintion: g-force (with g from gravitational) is a measurement of acceleration felt as weight.

So essentially sitting on a hill not moving isn't g-force, but accelerating up that same hill is g-force. Or whipping around a sharp corner, the weight you feel pulling you to the side is called g-force.

So heavy g force would be a large amount of pull. I say pull because you usually feel like you are being pulled in a certain direction. 9 g's would probably be considered heavy g force.

And well, if you were trolling me..... Ya got me.

pxlds

haha thanks man appreciate it i got it

bryan_lo

yeah same here, gas gauge is bipolar!