The fuel gauge is the dial showing how much is left in the tank. Full on the right, empty on the left, and a light that comes on too late.
They are famously inaccurate at the top and bottom of the range, since the float in the tank moves unevenly, which is why the needle seems to hang on full and then drop. The reserve after the warning light is usually about fifty miles, though nobody should rely on it. The little arrow beside the symbol shows which side the filler cap is on.
1nounfuel gaugeThe instrument showing how much fuel remains in a vehicle.
“The fuel gauge had been reading empty for ten miles.”
Practised in A Man Called Ove, Vehicles & Machines
First appears in chapter 24 of A Man Called Ove.
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