possessed GTV

[Walter Buchignani <walterb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

after several weeks of erratic behaviour, the neddle jumping around like
beads of water on a hotplate, the fuel-level guage on my 2000 GTV
finally died the other night - or did it?
during a 30-minute drive, the needle remained in its rest position even
though i know the gas tank was at least half full. when i parked the car
and turned off the headlights, however, the needle suddenly jumped to
the quarter-way mark. when i turned off the parking lights, the needle
jumped to the half-way mark.
weird, i thought. what do the lights have to do with the fuel-level
guage? so i tried the test again, in reverse, and the same thing
happened. with each click of the lights switch, the needle moved down:
lights off, needle at half; parking lights on, headlights off, needle at
quarter; headlights on, parking lights on, needle at rest.
any ideas?
wb
in montreal

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