Re: [MBZ] GLK 250 Blutec fuel gauge issue
Tank doesn't sit level and therefore isn't a constant shape. Dad's Jeep Liberty was notorious for this, at 1/4 tank you need to look for gas NOW, its got like 1/16 range left. -Curt On Sunday, May 24, 2020, 11:50:28 PM EDT, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: I've driven over 320 miles in my "new" 2014 GLK 250 with another +- 250 miles left in the range (19 gallon tank, av. 30 mpg). Yet the fuel gauge shows I am only down 1/3 of a tank. Anyone else come across this glitch? I should be below 1/2 by now. The needle is not jumping around. Fuel sender?? ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] GLK 250 Blutec fuel gauge issue
Gotta be ready to pull the trigger at any time, buddy. That’s the key to success. -D > On May 26, 2020, at 9:58 AM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes > wrote: > > I should have bought that car. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On May 26, 2020, at 3:12 AM, Max Dillon via Mercedes >> wrote: >> >> Last fill of the tank for my '95 E300 returned 31 mpg, all in town driving. >> (Thanks Dan!) >> >> Low traffic volume means that nearly every intersection is a green light, >> and the speed limit is 45 mph, so about optimum conditions for high mpg. >> >> Max Dillon >> Charleston SC >> May 24, 2020 11:50:27 PM Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes >> : >> >>> I've driven over 320 miles in my "new" 2014 GLK 250 with another +- 250 >>> >>> miles left in the range (19 gallon tank, av. 30 mpg). Yet the fuel gauge >>> >>> shows I am only down 1/3 of a tank. Anyone else come across this glitch? >>> >>> I should be below 1/2 by now. The needle is not jumping around. Fuel >>> >>> sender?? >>> >>> ___ >>> >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> >>>To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> >>>To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >>> >>> >> >> ___ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] GLK 250 Blutec fuel gauge issue
I should have bought that car. Sent from my iPhone > On May 26, 2020, at 3:12 AM, Max Dillon via Mercedes > wrote: > > Last fill of the tank for my '95 E300 returned 31 mpg, all in town driving. > (Thanks Dan!) > > Low traffic volume means that nearly every intersection is a green light, and > the speed limit is 45 mph, so about optimum conditions for high mpg. > > Max Dillon > Charleston SC > May 24, 2020 11:50:27 PM Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes > : > >> I've driven over 320 miles in my "new" 2014 GLK 250 with another +- 250 >> >> miles left in the range (19 gallon tank, av. 30 mpg). Yet the fuel gauge >> >> shows I am only down 1/3 of a tank. Anyone else come across this glitch? >> >> I should be below 1/2 by now. The needle is not jumping around. Fuel >> >> sender?? >> >> ___ >> >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> >> > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] GLK 250 Blutec fuel gauge issue
Last fill of the tank for my '95 E300 returned 31 mpg, all in town driving. (Thanks Dan!) Low traffic volume means that nearly every intersection is a green light, and the speed limit is 45 mph, so about optimum conditions for high mpg. Max Dillon Charleston SC May 24, 2020 11:50:27 PM Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes : > I've driven over 320 miles in my "new" 2014 GLK 250 with another +- 250 > > miles left in the range (19 gallon tank, av. 30 mpg). Yet the fuel gauge > > shows I am only down 1/3 of a tank. Anyone else come across this glitch? > > I should be below 1/2 by now. The needle is not jumping around. Fuel > > sender?? > > ___ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] GLK 250 Blutec fuel gauge issue
>The reset occurred BEFORE I purchased the vehicle. You probably need to read and review the owners manual several times. That car has a lot of useful features that didn't exist when your 123 wagon was built. Rick ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] GLK 250 Blutec fuel gauge issue
Well, it turns out that the miles since "reset" was not what I thought. The reset occurred BEFORE I purchased the vehicle. Turns out that I have driven only about 200 miles from the full fuel tank. The gauge is down a little over 1/3, which corresponds with the 567 mile range of the car. Today I went for a spin on I-270 up to Home Depot in Gaithersburg (22 miles RT) and achieved 35.6 mpg, if you can believe the computer... On Mon, May 25, 2020 at 1:23 PM OK Don via Mercedes wrote: > Do not assume that the gauge is linear - nor that the fuel remaining-range > left is accurate. Only experience will tell you, drive another couple > thousand miles, log every drop of fuel you pump, and you will find out > what's what. > > On Sun, May 24, 2020 at 10:50 PM Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > I've driven over 320 miles in my "new" 2014 GLK 250 with another +- 250 > > miles left in the range (19 gallon tank, av. 30 mpg). Yet the fuel gauge > > shows I am only down 1/3 of a tank. Anyone else come across this glitch? > > I should be below 1/2 by now. The needle is not jumping around. Fuel > > sender?? > > ___ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > -- > OK Don > > "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to > pause and reflect." Mark Twain > > “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.” > Wernher > Von Braun > 2013 F150, 18 mpg > 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg > 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] GLK 250 Blutec fuel gauge issue
Do not assume that the gauge is linear - nor that the fuel remaining-range left is accurate. Only experience will tell you, drive another couple thousand miles, log every drop of fuel you pump, and you will find out what's what. On Sun, May 24, 2020 at 10:50 PM Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I've driven over 320 miles in my "new" 2014 GLK 250 with another +- 250 > miles left in the range (19 gallon tank, av. 30 mpg). Yet the fuel gauge > shows I am only down 1/3 of a tank. Anyone else come across this glitch? > I should be below 1/2 by now. The needle is not jumping around. Fuel > sender?? > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > -- OK Don "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." Mark Twain “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.” Wernher Von Braun 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] GLK 250 Blutec fuel gauge issue
Spend a few $$ (150) and buy an iCarsoft (or similar) scanner ffom Bezo and you can see if there are any new or old codes showing related to the fuel sender. This 211 I just bought has some stored codes related to that system. I need to get a VMI to see if anything was ever done to it. The first time I put gas in was weird, I couldn’t get the tank filled (per the gauge) though it was acting like it was full, pump kept shutting off Then I (actually) filled up again the other day and it seems fine. I don’t think it filled before, maybe it was the pump, but I’m wondering what was going on before. In any case the scanner is a very useful relatively cheap device for these newer cars with all the nannies. --FT Sent from iPhone > On May 24, 2020, at 11:50 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes > wrote: > > I've driven over 320 miles in my "new" 2014 GLK 250 with another +- 250 > miles left in the range (19 gallon tank, av. 30 mpg). Yet the fuel gauge > shows I am only down 1/3 of a tank. Anyone else come across this glitch? > I should be below 1/2 by now. The needle is not jumping around. Fuel > sender?? > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] GLK 250 Blutec fuel gauge issue
I see this in my Nissan, not that it's particularly relevant to your question. First half of the tank covers about 2/3 of the total range. Gauge drops rapidly once half a tank. I figure it's marketing, somehow. "Wow I've gone 100 miles and the gauge is still on Full" Allan Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes writes: > I've driven over 320 miles in my "new" 2014 GLK 250 with another +- 250 > miles left in the range (19 gallon tank, av. 30 mpg). Yet the fuel gauge > shows I am only down 1/3 of a tank. Anyone else come across this glitch? > I should be below 1/2 by now. The needle is not jumping around. Fuel > sender?? ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] GLK 250 Blutec fuel gauge issue
I've had cars, some of them MBZ, that spent the first 100 miles getting down to the full mark. Mitch. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
