so… if the fuel gauge is known to be less than accurate, and the speedo as well, what about the odometer? had to ask, but to keep this on topic…
Trying to get a feel for my new scoot I’ve let the fuel get down to “as low as i’m willing to risk it”. Yesterday my gauge was on E and the gas light has been on for about 15-20 miles. “Eyeballing” the fuel level in the hole I could clearly see there is fuel in there, but what the heck- i don’t know how shallow or deep the tank is…
(not my actual speedo...)
I’m pretty good at math- given the 2.3 gallon tank, the .25 gal reserve, and the presence of an unknown quantity of fuel, I calculated I should be able to squeeze about $5 of fuel in there. Was I totally off the mark- just under a dollar short I overfilled it…. (doh!). Gas everywhere, a few swears, then air bubbles came up and the level went down- all the way down. I know you’re not supposed to top off but i did anyway. Besides- this was an experiment. Then more air bubbles and the level went down again… I gave the thing a little rock back and forth, and up came MORE air bubbles, and the level went down again!
I decided not to spill more gas all over the place and gave up. I started her up and fuel gauge shows… 3/4 tank?! Can someone tell a newbie what the heck is going on? What shape is the tank? When eyeballing (since the gauge is basically inaccurate), how low is too low to the naked eye?
As I wrote this, I went and found a pic of what I think is the tank for an LX 150. The gas cap needs its own dipstick or something. 
