there's something wrong with my fuel gauge
07-06-2005, 09:47 PM
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there's something wrong with my fuel gauge
whenever I make a hard turn or accelerate hard the gauge will go down and back up very slowly.THe thing is I don't think it always comes back up,I just filled the tank full and after 4 miles,it went down like 3mm.You guys know what could be the problem?
07-06-2005, 11:57 PM
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Re: there's something wrong with my fuel gauge (sam21)
yeah, when you take turns all the fuel slides to one area of the tank... which will cause an inaccurate reading... and it takes a little while for it to stabalize again... think of a deep cookie pan filled with water and shake it... when you try to stabalize it, the water is still going to rock back and forth... but after driving normal for a little while, it will calm down and stabalize again...
it shouldnt drop 3mm and stay there permanently...
sometimes when i take hard turns it can take a few miles before it will start to go back up and read normal again
it shouldnt drop 3mm and stay there permanently...
sometimes when i take hard turns it can take a few miles before it will start to go back up and read normal again
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Re: there's something wrong with my fuel gauge (inane)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by inane »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">yeah, when you take turns all the fuel slides to one area of the tank... which will cause an inaccurate reading... and it takes a little while for it to stabalize again... think of a deep cookie pan filled with water and shake it... when you try to stabalize it, the water is still going to rock back and forth... but after driving normal for a little while, it will calm down and stabalize again...
it shouldnt drop 3mm and stay there permanently...
sometimes when i take hard turns it can take a few miles before it will start to go back up and read normal again</TD></TR></TABLE>
true, the actual thingy majigy is a floater that goes up and down depending on the fuel level, you hit a bump, you make turns fuel moves and the floater would move also, it's normal unless yours isn't moving at all which could be caused by the fuel sending unit.
it shouldnt drop 3mm and stay there permanently...
sometimes when i take hard turns it can take a few miles before it will start to go back up and read normal again</TD></TR></TABLE>
true, the actual thingy majigy is a floater that goes up and down depending on the fuel level, you hit a bump, you make turns fuel moves and the floater would move also, it's normal unless yours isn't moving at all which could be caused by the fuel sending unit.
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