It reads fine until quarter tank.. then it stops reading.


Wtf??

Matt

 

when you fill it does it go WAYWAY past full?

the needle may need to be recalibrated or the fuel pump guage is getting bad

 

mine says its full on 10 dollars which is less then half a tank in reality. id rove around bitching about the gas mileage .. when in fact i only had about 3 gallons so what do u expect

 

check and see if the sending unit is hanging on the baffle in the fuel tank..........

 

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I read that and laughed so hard a almost cried.

 

pothole- I dont know.. it seemed to only go to the full mark.. but i've only driven 56miles and it's nearly on 3/4 tank full!!! A quarter of a tank for 56miles??

wrench- how do I check the baffle??

 

Oh also.. when I drove 370 or so miles on the last tank, when it kept reading 1/4 tank left... when I filled it I only put in 10 or 1.5 gallons.. since it's a 12 gallon tank I still had 1.5-2 gallons or so left. Just fyi

 

problaly need a new fuel guage, my dads truck did the same thing. (its on the fuel pump sending unit thing inside the tank)

 

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is that a technical term? lol

 

so i can get just a new fuel gauge for my sol? and not the whole cluster?

 

i had the same prob in my camaro a few years back!!
The sender was getting caught and wouldn't allow to go down any further, therefor, stop reading. i had to take the fuel pump out and "untangle" it..

 

how do i get to the fuel pump on this car?

 

what kind of car???????????????? u basically gotta pull the tank on all models!!!!!! pull the tank aswell as sending unit, then with the unit out of the car plug it in and manually go from from the very top to the bottom and see how the guage reacts ( you may need someone looking at your guage for you)...... if it registers fine outta the tank than chances are you got it hung on a baffle during installation... if not then the guage is probably at fault!!!!

 

it's a '93 Del Sol Si...

damn pull the tank though?? I cant go thru the trunk or anything????

Thanks for the input and a starting point though guys.

 

damn i thought of something the other day.. the gas tank is new... therefore replaced. Therefore, would it be safe to say that upon rebolting up the tank something was bound up? I just need instructions on fixing this bind if thats the problem

 

ok.. then r&r tank and fix the bind!!!

 

good plan!! how can I get to the top of the tank? Or does it NEED to be dropped?

 

Chances are the float arm in the tank got bent sometime in the past when someone syphoned gas out.

 

lmao!!!....................^^ NO!! yes you must completely remove the fuel tank to do it... geez dont half *** sumptin and be lazy!!! just do it right the first time and be done wit it!!!

 

It's not about "half assing it".. my GS-T's gas tank can be accessed thru the back seat.. I figured honda may have some ingenuitive way of doing this also.

Is it a pain in the *** to drop the tank?

 

Civics work exactly the same way, they have an access cover under the back seat. Del Sols I believe have an access cover in the cargo area.

Yeah, its not fun at all.

 

so i can probably remove that panel and fix it right?

 

Yeah, I had the back seat out of my civic the other day so I took the access panel off to look, you can very easily unbolt the sending unit, disconnect the lines and lift it right up through the hole.

 

sweet! After I have my body work finished, I'll be sure to do that!