On Friday 18 July 2003 03:39, Michael Rigby-Jones scribbled:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Picdude [SMTP:picdude@NARWANI.ORG]
> > Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 12:18 AM
> > To:   PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> > Subject:      Re: [OT]: Basic theory of a fuel gauge
> >
> > On Thursday 17 July 2003 01:57, Michael Rigby-Jones scribbled:
> > >  ...  In the old days the tanks were
> > >         baffled to make the measurement more accurate. ...
> >
> > Allow me to question this statement.  Baffles, trap doors, and sumps =
are
> > primarily put in for one purpose ... to reduce sloshing so that the f=
uel
> > pump
> > does not run dry.  This is not so critical on float-bowl / carb'ed
> > engines,
> > but very critical on high-pressure EFI systems, which is most everyth=
ing
> > being produced today.  The fact that baffles also help measurement is=
 a
> > positive side-effect, which just means they put less effort into solv=
ing
> > this
> > problem.  But I'm considerably sure that they don't baffle just for
> > measurement.
>
> I'm afraid you have misquoted me, Jeremy Darling was the OP of that
> statement.
>
> Mike

Ah.... okay.  Sorry for the confusion.

Cheers,
-Neil.

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