kc_kc

i just notic this in my car today that the gas gauge going up? i didnt put any gas in there lately. any ideas what wrong with it? its about couple days ago i fill up the tanks with 20 bulks and notice that the gas went up and was driving it and then notic it stop. so today the gas went back up even more. so anybody know what worrong?

meyerk9

when you accelerate hard or take corners fast, it sloshes the gas around in the tank. this causes the float or sensor to read the level lower than it actually is. When you park it on a driveway, the gas goes back to a "flat" state and the float sometimes rises back up, and the gas gauge indicates the proper level now. Very common in all cars. if it moves around more than 1/8 of a tank, there might be a problem. Just drive it for a few days and see if it goes back down

kc_kc

yea i think so anyways thianks

PatrickGSR94

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Integra fuel tanks always read higher after going around left turns, and lower going around right turns, due to the level sender being on the right side of the tank.

My Corolla does exactly the opposite.

When my gas is low I try to avoid right turns whenever possible

el crapitan

sounds more like the float is sticking

skelatorr

I drive a 1996 Acura Integra RS 2 Door (219768km) and I've noticed that same difference when turning left and right. No big deal.

However, I did recently notice a very strange change in the position of the gauge reading when sitting in the car with the key in the first setting, (radio power only) while the laptop is connected to a device, that is connected to the cigarette lighter, that is leaching power from the battery. The gauge seems to climb, and climb and climb. (but only when the key is left in the first position, with only the radio on) If i unplug the device that is connected into the cigarette lighter, the fuel gauge will stop climbing and just sit at the level that is was at when I unplugged the device.

Now, the interesting thing here is, once I turn the key to the second position, (car is not on yet, but power windows, air ventilation works) the fuel gauge will return to the level of fuel that is actually in the tank, weather or not the device is connected into the cigarette lighter. I have been using the "device", I guess I should define that: (allows the laptop to charge using the vehicles battery by means of power conversion), for a few weeks now and have only just recently noticed this strange sequence of events.

I will admit, right before I noticed this start, I got in the habit of turning on the car every 45 min to allow the battery to recharge, (due to the consistent drain because of laptop charging) to make sure the battery doesn't die on me. In doing this, at one point, after letting the battery recharge a bit, I went to turn off the vehicle, but my hand slipped. I am not sure if anyone has done this before, but the car, momentarily shut off, (by force of my hand moving the key out of the third position) but came back on because the key was still in the third position.

That said, I guess, in my case, having the laptop connected to the vehicle is messing with some kind of electronics relating to the gas gauge and the bober inside of the gas tank.. Everything else in the vehicle seems to work properly. It's just a matter of that gauge rising when there is residual drain on the battery when the key is in the first position..

Any help / suggestions on this matter would be greatly appreciated. For the time being, i'll likely just not charge the laptop in the car.