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Fuel Gauge: Operation

The low fuel warning light operates as follows:

The combination meter CPU continually monitors the resistance signal from the fuel level sensor. It turns on the low fuel warning light in the combination meter if a resistance value corresponding to the critical fuel level (approx. 78ohm) is detected successively for about 10 minutes or the period spent for driving a distance of 10 km.

This monitoring time has been decided to avoid false operation of the warning light which may happen when a large part of remaining fuel is collected temporarily in the sub tank compartment.

Fig 1: Identifying Fuel Level Sensor Operation
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