Impossible to fill! (Suspect fuel gauge)

[TomLS]

It seems to be uniformly inaccurate throughout the scale, as pointed out earlier. I'm only getting £25-£30 in when the gauge reads empty, so I've got about £15-£20 left when it reads empty.
So bending the arm shouldn't make it inaccurate at the bottom.
Another option is to empty the tank, put in a sensible amount of 'reserve' petrol, then adjust the arm until its just on the 'E', then leave it at that.

[MarkyB]

Rather than take it apart just note how many miles it will do after it is registering empty (Take a gallon in a can).

This will take account of any petrol that gets left in the tank that the pick up cannot reach.

[bmcecosse]

Just buy some petrol when it reads 'Empty'........ Simples.

[TomLS]

I agree that I'm just being a pedant, but when I've run out of other things to do (if this ever happens...), its an annoying trait which I'd like to rectify.

[JSimons]

Aren't the tanks 5 gallon?

Mine only costs 30 pounds to fill up

When i first started using the car i noticed that the gauge would never read full, i too thought it was the sender but replaced the gauge and now reads fine

[DAVIDMCCULLOUGH]

Split screens are 5 gallons but 1000 have a 6 1/2 gallon tank.