Oil & Fuel Fuel gauge reading wrong

[OrangeToys]

Ok so today i was out brush hogging and i was almost out fuel according to the gauge and i worked for at least another hr before i finished and went to fill the tank full and i still had 2 gallons left. And the gauge was past the red line on the E. Anybody have this issue and a fix?

Thank

 

[jb62901]

On my bx2360 it will stay on full for hours. At or about 2500rps it will use ,6-.75 gal's per hr. At the end of the day I always top it off. Don't think I'll ever use it enough in one day to run it empty.

 

[edlegault]

The only time a fuel gauge has to be accurate is if you run out of fuel and it reads empty! :laughing:

 

[OrangeToys]

The only time a fuel gauge has to be accurate is if you run out of fuel and it reads empty! :laughing:

Ya but not if its on E or past and you have 3-4 gallons left

 

[JOHNTHOMAS]

Had a new BX2660 and the fuel gauge was never accurate. Didn't bother me enough to have it replaced, just replaced the tractor..

 

[teg]

My L2800 - is half empty when the gauge goes in the red why have a 9 gallon tank when the gauge only works for 4 of them?!?!?! Also wondering if anyone has fixed it...



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[rswyan]

The fuel gauge on our B2910 always worked fine (more or less accurate) until I removed the flexible retaining ring/gasket that holds the rubber cup inside the fuel cap. Somehow or another the retaining ring/gasket had come out of place and was damaged/deformed by screwing the cap on ....

With retaining ring/gasket removed, there is always a vacuum on the tank when I go to open it ..... and the fuel gauge stays stuck on whatever reading it was at the last time it was opened, until you open it again.

 

[OrangeToys]

Dealer told me told the float indicator might bad. that's in the tank i think anyone know?

 

[Don87]

Dealer told me told the float indicator might bad. that's in the tank i think anyone know?

Yes, the float is in the tank.

My Massey will run out of fuel, at 1/2 tank, if my tractor is tilted to the right in my yard( guess how I found that out)..........I live on a slope, so when guage gets below 3/4 tank........I consider filling it.

 

[muddywater]

New L3200, tank still has 4.5 gallons out of 10 when the gauge hits empty. the gauge continues to drop well past the empty mark, (about 1/4 of an inch) and still has more than 2 gallons in it. Havent had the nerve to go much further than that.

 

[Chilly807]

Mine's the same way. Better than running out and having to bleed the fuel system all the time.

 

[sixdogs]

I've had four Kubotas and not one had an accurate fuel gauge. For me, I just learned to live with it and adjust accordingly.

Oh, and don't get me started on the temperature gauge. Seems stuck at 1/4 unless bush hogging and the radiator is plugged.

 

[sixdogs]

Here"s the reading on a new MX5100 Kubota that has a 12.7 gallon gas gauge.
I filled it when it was half full and it took 4 gallons. Should have taken 6.3.
With the tank at 1/4 today it took 5.7 when the math says it should have taken 9.5.
Beats me but that's just the way Kubotas are--all over the place.

 

[bm3]

My JD 3203 fuel gauge is stuck on full , guess i'm just lucky

 

[BeezFun]

I think the manufacturer doesn't trust us to use an accurate fuel guage so they add a safety cushion to protect us. I guess they figure we can run backhoes, log splitters, front loaders and grapples, but those gas guages can be really tricky. It's like those spring loaded sink faucets at the airport that give you one teaspoon of water before they shut off. Can't trust travelers with something as sophisticated as a real faucet with a handle.

 

[sixdogs]

On my L4300 yesterday, and models and tanks are similar or exact, a lower than 1/4 reading on the tank took 4.7 gallons to fill an 8.2 gallon tank so it had 3.5 gallons left. Now, when it was just a little off of "E", 3 1/2 gallons got the gauge up to a reading of "FULL". It didn't stay there long but it showed it.

When using with a filled tank, it took a very long time of use to get the gauge to move off of full but then it precepitously dropped. Marketing must show that customers like it this way. Maybe it reinforces user belief of fuel economy or maybe Kubota figures they know better? I wish the gauge showed accurately with a "reserve" indicator light or mark or whatever so I could figure it out for myself. If that idea shows up in a couple of years, you read it here first.

 

[kuboman]

If you have ever notice the shape of most fuel tanks you will see they are irregular shapes. That being the case it would be impossible to have a gauge that read accurately so they plug in a margin of error so you fill the tank before you run out. How many would be really p****d if they ran out of fuel with the gauge at a 1/4?

 

[sixdogs]

Yesterday I also filled an MX5100 and with the fuel gauge at a whisker above half it took 5.5 gallons on a 12.7 gallon tank. That means 43% of the fuel was gone and the gauge read about where it should, perhaps with a little wiggle room for operator error in there. If so, maybe Kubota has already addressed the issue?
I'll try to run it down to 1/4 this week and check that reading.