siflyby

My gas light no longer works on my 00 civic si, checked bulb, it's good, also noticed my gas needle suddenly drops down quite a bit on take off...
any ideas??

siflyby

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hondamonkey

As long as the needle goes back up your fine. Honda's, well at least my experience with them, tend to have a flunctuating gas needle and can lead to confusion about just how much gas you have left. Otherwise I would say its normal, mine does it everytime i pull off hard at a light...but then it goes back up. I have also heard of people having their needles go down on a turn. I dunno Honda's=Suspect at times.

RacingShoeBox

i have an 00 ex and my needle drops like crazy once i get below 1/2 a tank just know where your at at a stand still and keep redoing your mileage i dont like gettin it to low so just fill when you feel the need at least thats what i do and that light only comes on when your really low on fuel

M2nR

yah what he ^^ said, also my gas needle goes up when i brake hard. honda's gas guages are very unaccurate... indeed!

aZnjCC

I have never seen my gas light turn on either.

My needle dips down whenever I take right turns, and goes back up after. Like everyone's said, just know how many miles you can go until you have to fill up.

2000EM1

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any ideas??</TD></TR></TABLE>

My needle drops upon take off quite a bit.

Just learn your average mpg and keep a close eye on your trip odometer, my gas light hasn't come on in 3 months because once I get to 200 miles I know I have about 1.9-2.2 gallons left, that and the car gets harder to start when it gets down that low.

EG2Driver

yea it happens. Its just the sensor in the tank i think. When i fill up mine, it takes about 2 mins for the needle to get all the way up. My bro's goes up and down like an old caddy on a bumpy road. I drive a sol, hes got a eg. I think all of them are diff i guess.

THC07

My gas gauge stoped working as well. i swaped a D16 for a d15b. any ideas as to why mine stopped working after swap?

R.Kelley

you can see if it will run out of gas, i just checked to see if my light works, it came on, i got gas and there was 1.2 gallons left in the tank, thats an estimate i put 10.7 gallons in

TheNasty0ne

Maybe you havent gona low enough for it to come on?

also it always goes down a tad when taking off or stepping on it. It also goes up a tad when going down hills

2000EM1

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If you have an EM1, then you were right on. the tank is an 11.9 gallon tank.

R.Kelley

98 dx hatch

siflyby

ok look look.... this car has been run completely out of gas and no light, a buddy of mine used to own the car and I remember us making mad dashes to the gas station because of this, it just quit working for some reason. anybody with a WORKING knowledge of what might be goin on, i'm not 5 guys.

hybridhonda826

on my 93 ex turn I am turning right my gas gauge goes down when I turn left it goes up

Slow EJ8

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Lately I have been having that same problem. I dunno why?

Like everyone else has said you have to run it down real low for it to come on in most Honda's and the gauges fluctuate quite a bit.

hYbRiD EeEkAy

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Lately I have been having that same problem. I dunno why?

Like everyone else has said you have to run it down real low for it to come on in most Honda's and the gauges fluctuate quite a bit. </TD></TR></TABLE>

gotta give the pump more time to prime since there is less fuel in the tank.

my light has come on a few times but only when i was REALLY low on gas. just use your tripometer and keep an eye on your miles. im getting between 22-26 mpg on a full tank

Slow EJ8

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by hYbRiD EeEkAy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">gotta give the pump more time to prime since there is less fuel in the tank. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Oh ok, it never did that last winter only seems to be happening now but it doesnt bother me that much, it always starts after a bit. As long as it starts Im happy, only thing is people look at me funny in parking lots while Im trying to start it.

aZnjCC

could the starting issue be resolved with the replacement of the fuel filter(enginebay)?

I mean if low fuel in the tank was the sole cause of the starting issue, then the issue would have been apparent since day 1.

hYbRiD EeEkAy

could be, but instead of putting the key in and trying to crank to car over instantly turn the ignition on and wait for a clicking sound. you should be able to hear the pump priming as well.

GReddyTurboCoupe

Same here, needle fluctuates* towards nearing empty but i'm used to it now. I can pretty much tell how much gas i have in my car at all times, down to the last mile because of that set up.

For the gas light, heck, my gas light doesn't come on anymore either, and i mean i could be dead empty and it wont ever pop on.

emark4

i havea 2000 si and i know i dont have a gas light cuz i ran out of gas lol i wanted to see if i could make it all the way home from chi on like E but i def. dont have a gas light!

2000EM1

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bulb might have just burnt out. I have two bulbs behind my temp/gas gauges that go on and off periodically.

j nepo

maybe its the bulb. mine stopped working a long time ago as well. and there is no answer why. lol. and its gotten bad trust me guys. dont ever run on EEEEEEE

2000EM1

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by j nepo &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">maybe its the bulb. mine stopped working a long time ago as well. and there is no answer why. lol. and its gotten bad trust me guys. dont ever run on EEEEEEE</TD></TR></TABLE>

Been there, done that.

Waited for a train that sat there for 40 minutes, I was worried about it starting back up so I let it run. It promptly ran out of gas.