I bought my car for 50 dollar had a shit load of problems is still idles a little high but i started to drive it. filled the tank and noticed tha tth eneedle hasnt dropped i drove 100 miles so far. but when i turn off the car the needle goes down and when it turn it on it goes back up. is the needle fawked up or what do you guys think
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Fuel Gauge Maybe Messed Up
Started by zAd -, Sep 22 2004 10:10 PM
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#1
Posted 22 September 2004 - 10:10 PM
#2
Posted 22 September 2004 - 10:29 PM
i think you get really good gas mileage
When I die, i want to go asleep peaceful.......... not screaming and freaking out like everyone else in the car
"i left the bar a little after you and ended up flipping my car in the arbys drive thru"
IM A LOSER!!! my car pulls harder when spinning than any "highly modified" EW
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"i left the bar a little after you and ended up flipping my car in the arbys drive thru"
QUOTE (cbstdscott @ Dec 10 2008, 03:27 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Another loser who can not get traction. I feel sorry for him.
IM A LOSER!!! my car pulls harder when spinning than any "highly modified" EW
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#3
Posted 23 September 2004 - 01:21 AM
it is gutted and got a new cap rotor spark plug fuel filters oil filter all the tune up shit but i dunno. its either the gauge cluster or the sensor in the tank ima wait and a few day sand c if it is really broken or not.
#4
Posted 23 September 2004 - 09:57 AM
It is possible that your sending unit is broken or that you have a frayed sending unit wire. Sounds like your guage works just fine. There is a testing proceedure in the shop manual (any of them, factory, chilton's, etc.) to check the guage, sending unit, and wire.
Figure you're getting 25 mpg (conservative), and you have about a 10 gal tank. 100 miles = 4 gal, which is almost a half a tank used. If your needle hasn't moved a bit, but the guage reacts to the ignition switch, then you either have a bad wire or bad sending unit would be my guess. Of course, if your mileage is much better and you have, say, a 12 gal tank then that changes the scenario drastically, and needles sometimes don't fall off 'F' until closer to half a tank and then fall fast. Best way to determine without testing anything is to fill up to get your actual mileage, and find out exactly what size tank you have.
Figure you're getting 25 mpg (conservative), and you have about a 10 gal tank. 100 miles = 4 gal, which is almost a half a tank used. If your needle hasn't moved a bit, but the guage reacts to the ignition switch, then you either have a bad wire or bad sending unit would be my guess. Of course, if your mileage is much better and you have, say, a 12 gal tank then that changes the scenario drastically, and needles sometimes don't fall off 'F' until closer to half a tank and then fall fast. Best way to determine without testing anything is to fill up to get your actual mileage, and find out exactly what size tank you have.