« on: May 19, 2009, 09:45:42 PM »
As far as the fuel gauge, I cannot help you out but I can give you a bit of advice on using the fuel cell as a holding cell.
I have had a 16-gallon cell on my rig for a number of years. It is plumbed into the main tank thru the filler vent via a small electric fuel pump. On the first trip out after mounting the cell my rig started running rough. When I stopped to found out what was wrong I had fuel pouring out of the charcoal canister. What was happening was the vacuum in the fuel system was pulling fuel from the cell, which was overfilling the main tank causing it to be pulled into the C.C. and being sucked into the engine causing a “rich condition”. I fixed this by installing a “ball valve” on the transfer line between the cell and the main tank.
Some electric fuel pumps allow flow through, some only flow when supplied with power. I can only assume your issue could have been fixed by using the latter.
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