Tanks inc fuel sender

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I have a tanks, inc tank with electric fuel.pump and drop in sender. My fuel gauge works fine (aftermarket guage) however if I get off level ground or make a hard turn the fuel guage moves dramatically and doesn't settle until I am back on near level ground.

I've seen floaties sending units. Does anyone have any luck with those? What are the fuel cell guys using?
 
I have a tanks, inc tank with electric fuel.pump and drop in sender. My fuel gauge works fine (aftermarket guage) however if I get off level ground or make a hard turn the fuel guage moves dramatically and doesn't settle until I am back on near level ground.

I've seen floaties sending units. Does anyone have any luck with those? What are the fuel cell guys using?

I have a the same tank with aftermarket gauge. Mine is very stable. The only time I had an issue was when I first installed it and filled the tank with fuel, it didn't register as full. It didn't move until I drove the car a bit and it started working properly. I assume it was stuck in the down position.
 
The reason Mopar and others use thermo electric guages. They do not react instantly like your aftermarket guage is doing.

You could probably come up with some type of dampening device that would average the level over time and feed a constant signal to the guage.

Maybe even a meter match might do that.

I'm no electronics guy but even the right capacitor might smooth out the rapid shifts.

Another thing that comes to mind is I have seen up and down type senders with a plastic tube around them, the tube has holes in it and fuel can get in and out but much slower than the sloshing tank
 
The reason Mopar and others use thermo electric guages. They do not react instantly like your aftermarket guage is doing.

You could probably come up with some type of dampening device that would average the level over time and feed a constant signal to the guage.

Maybe even a meter match might do that.

I'm no electronics guy but even the right capacitor might smooth out the rapid shifts.

Another thing that comes to mind is I have seen up and down type senders with a plastic tube around them, the tube has holes in it and fuel can get in and out but much slower than the sloshing tank

That's what I was gonna try - a float less sending unit. But I wanted to see first. I really don't mind the moving of the guage, but I'm worried.Im gonna run out of gas. Lol.
 
That's what I was gonna try - a float less sending unit. But I wanted to see first. I really don't mind the moving of the guage, but I'm worried.Im gonna run out of gas. Lol.
The reason Mopar and others use thermo electric guages. They do not react instantly like your aftermarket guage is doing.

You could probably come up with some type of dampening device that would average the level over time and feed a constant signal to the guage.

Maybe even a meter match might do that.

I'm no electronics guy but even the right capacitor might smooth out the rapid shifts.

Another thing that comes to mind is I have seen up and down type senders with a plastic tube around them, the tube has holes in it and fuel can get in and out but much slower than the sloshing tank
Mine doesn’t fluctuate at all. I have an auto meter gauge. Maybe it’s the gauge that is too sensitive, not the actual float
 
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