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SE1289
Joined: Jan 02 2007 Posts: 848 Location: Alabama  1993 Pontiac Sunbird Last updated: 02/17/07 |
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Thu Nov 05, 2009 10:29 pm
So I dont know if its a gauge..or ..whatever..but the thing that sais how much gas you have in your car
So..what about it you may be asking? Well..I got the car today..it said full. I'm like cool..he filled it up for me. I drive bout 15-20 miles in it..and its like..a quarter tank. Does this meann..1. I have a fuel problem, or 2. It was reading wrong because it had been sitten alot on a hill-ish |
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bad venge
Joined: Jul 28 2007 Posts: 1601 1998 Dodge Avenger Last updated: 05/18/09 |
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Thu Nov 05, 2009 11:10 pm
I'd refill it and watch mileage
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PwrRngr
Joined: Jul 19 2007 Posts: 3589 2003 Ford Mustang Last updated: 01/23/09 |
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Fri Nov 06, 2009 5:38 am
Go to the gas station, fill it up, reset the trip odometer. Drive it around till the gauge reads close to empty. Take it back to the gas station and fill it up again and record the number of gallons filled on the second time. Divide the trip miles by the gallons and see what mpg you're getting.
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corvettecrazy
Joined: Dec 17 2003 Posts: 3773 Location: moved (twice) 1996 Pontiac Bonneville Last updated: 06/11/07 2000 Chevrolet Corvette Last updated: 08/31/04 |
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Fri Nov 06, 2009 5:41 am
Could be a bad sending unit.
My car will be empty, and I literally mean empty, just fumes, before the gauge shows it is even at a quarter tank. |
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justinwebb
Joined: Sep 15 2004 Posts: 2594 Location: C-bus y0 1991 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera Last updated: 12/09/04 2000 Honda Civic Last updated: 01/04/09 |
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Fri Nov 06, 2009 8:45 am
could be the sending unit or even the float, pain in the ass in most cars to fix as you have to drop the tank and its messy and smelly lol
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pOrk
Joined: Jan 03 2004 Posts: 7764 Location: Milwaukee Wi 1996 Chevrolet S-10 Last updated: 11/12/08 2001 Chevrolet Impala Last updated: 02/07/07 1978 Honda CBR 929 Last updated: 12/13/07 |
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Fri Nov 06, 2009 9:31 am
And expensive
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byte
Joined: Mar 25 2009 Posts: 302 2002 GMC Sierra Last updated: 08/06/09 1949 Lamborghini Countach Last updated: 10/08/09 1995 Chevrolet CK Pickup Last updated: 11/08/09 |
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Fri Nov 06, 2009 10:06 am
and it could be a bad wire or a bad guage. |
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SE1289
Joined: Jan 02 2007 Posts: 848 Location: Alabama 1993 Pontiac Sunbird Last updated: 02/17/07 |
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Fri Nov 06, 2009 2:52 pm
Well I think it might have been cuz it sat for awhile on the hill and the tank misread it as full cuz i filled it up today and so far so good. I been drivin all day running errands. We will see though.
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Tdawgthegreatest
Joined: Jul 22 2007 Posts: 3650 Location: Florence, Oregon 1992 Ford Ranger Last updated: 07/23/07 2001 Chevrolet S-10 Last updated: 08/24/08 |
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Fri Nov 06, 2009 4:38 pm
Yeah, my gas gauge in my s10 as SOON as it hits a quarter of a tank it drops to empty. Then I play the guessing game.
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Drifting10
Joined: May 28 2007 Posts: 1837 Location: St.Joseph, Illinois 2001 Hyundai Tiburon Last updated: 12/13/07 1991 Nissan 180SX Last updated: 08/23/09 |
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Fri Nov 06, 2009 7:08 pm
indeed if your talking about the 240. They tend to do that mine does it super bad when i take a sweeping left turn it goes upi by 1/4 take and when i turn right it goes fown by a 1/4 tank but while driving there accurate so no worries! |
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Ryan88
Joined: Aug 09 2004 Posts: 3460 Location: Pittsburgh, PA 1997 Saturn SL Last updated: 01/31/08 1995 Saturn SC2 Last updated: 11/27/07 2002 Chevrolet Monte Carlo Last updated: 07/22/08 1999 Ford Expedition Last updated: 04/28/08 2008 Honda Civic Last updated: 05/04/08 |
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Sat Nov 07, 2009 2:12 am
240's have a little access panel to the top of the fuel tank in the hatch don't they? you can fix that yourself without pulling the tank out!
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robbie
Joined: Apr 23 2006 Posts: 5479 |
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Sat Nov 07, 2009 10:58 am
^^^ I thought the same my buddies 240 does.
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Ryan88
Joined: Aug 09 2004 Posts: 3460 Location: Pittsburgh, PA 1997 Saturn SL Last updated: 01/31/08 1995 Saturn SC2 Last updated: 11/27/07 2002 Chevrolet Monte Carlo Last updated: 07/22/08 1999 Ford Expedition Last updated: 04/28/08 2008 Honda Civic Last updated: 05/04/08 |
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Sat Nov 07, 2009 11:07 am
Nice. thought so. that's an easy fix then. Just a $$$ fix.
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bad venge
Joined: Jul 28 2007 Posts: 1601 1998 Dodge Avenger Last updated: 05/18/09 |
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Sat Nov 07, 2009 11:08 am
Yes the axxess hatches are great , one of the few things Dodge did well on my car , One for the fuel pump/one for the gas sender unit
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robbie
Joined: Apr 23 2006 Posts: 5479 |
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Sat Nov 07, 2009 11:29 am
HA they did that for the talons.........if you were AWD ****.
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Tat2Dragons
Joined: Jan 21 2007 Posts: 2102 Location: Baltimore Maryland 2003 Honda Element Last updated: 09/21/07 |
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Sat Nov 07, 2009 12:20 pm
^^Alot of damn cars have somewhat easy access to the fuel pump/sending unit.lol
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