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Old 04-05-2013, 03:35 PM   #10
P.S.
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Default Re: Gas gauge floats

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Originally Posted by Gold Digger View Post
Well it wear a hole in the brass float if I run the tank low at times? Or worse yet, wear a hole in the bottom of the gas tank?

If the float is touching the bottom of the gas tank, you are mere seconds away from a dead car. You'd never let it get down to drops anyway, would you? Even with a 1/2 gallon of fuel in the tank, the float doesn't touch. In fact, if you run the shutoff valve strainer like I do, the car will die before the float touches the bottom of the tank anyway.

But, even if it did touch... Brass is pretty soft. My guess is you could wear it out, but it would take weeks of continuous rubbing to do it.
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