spikehairboy

Hey I've been searching. What can I do to fix my gas gauge it moves around a lot when I turn like half way down when I turn and stuff.

Syndacate

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by spikehairboy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Hey I've been searching. What can I do to fix my gas gauge it moves around a lot when I turn like half way down when I turn and stuff. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Pull out your fuel gauge sending unit, it's located under the rear seat - it's the pod that DOESN'T have two fuel lines going to it.

Take it out and connect an OHM meter to the thing.

When you're looking at the plug receptacle on the sending unit with the "push tab" (that releases the plugs) on top, the pins in order are like this:
......._........
| 1 | 2 | 3 |

Put the positive terminal of the ohm meter in I think 1, and the negative in 2 - I might have that part reversed.

Anyways, it should read ~5 ohms when you lift the float all the way up and about ~130 ohms when you push the float up all the way.

Really simple, takes 10 minutes, and tests your sending unit. If you're getting scrambled readings - then that's your problem, if not, it's most likely a cluster issue.

bpr0422

do you have a half tank? or a quarter tank?

the gas in the tank moves when you turn...

also when going up and down a hill...

same happens to mine...

you should also check it if anything...

dunno if this is a common issue on these civics...

Syndacate

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by bpr0422 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">do you have a half tank? or a quarter tank?

the gas in the tank moves when you turn...

also when going up and down a hill...

same happens to mine...

you should also check it if anything...

dunno if this is a common issue on these civics...</TD></TR></TABLE>

It is, the float moves too easily - so if you're going up a hill it reads lower, if you're going down a hill it reads higher - if you're turning it throws off the reading. The only way to get an accurate reading is a steady speed on flat ground.

95sloweg

Must be common, i have the same issue in my hatch.

Emerica

I get the same thing, its not a big deal imo.

xXSilentScreamXx

mee 2 when i romp on mine the gas instantly go's down and when i let off it go's back up ? i just check my gas when i stop and turn the car off

Neptronix

Ditto on all accounts.
I wonder if honda programmed the gas guage to drop when you're hammering the pedal.
I have a '99 ex and yeah. Gas guage is accurate to +/- 1 gallon depending on turns/hills/throttle.. always been that way.

byronl

cool i'm not the only one. One time when i was at the track like halfway thorugh the day doing a couple laps around i looked at my gas needle and saw it near the red mark and started panicking so i got off the track to go to the gas station. By the time I arrived there and i looked at the needle i had enough gas for the entire run haha.

spikehairboy

no way thats the way its supposed to be. i know a lot of people with egs and eks that have normal moving gas gauges. there must be something wrong. even if the sending unit was out of spec i doubt it would allow the gas gauge to move so freely. more like lock it in a certain place.

DCSportEJ1Civic

its deffinatly normal. the fuel sloshes around when you turn it only makes that the gauge will move. its a very responsive gauge. which means when it does move when your turning means its workin very well.

spikehairboy

there should be baffles in the gas tank am i wrong? they should prevent the fuel from "sloshing" around so much. i understand that concept. but i think there isnt enough resistance in the fuel sending unit or some baffles are loose or broken..

DCSportEJ1Civic

i guess yours could be worse than normal. but if its only moving like a quarter tank or more i wouldnt bother with it