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Old Mar 28, 2006, 08:38 PM
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WTF.... Fuel Gauge is acting up

this is strange...

i just filled up my car after work. paid the normal amount, saw the normal amount go in.

i start my car back up, thinking nothing of anything, and drive home. look down at my gauge cluster about 2 miles down the road. it's only reading a little less than half full. wtf?

so i keep driving home... i live about 8 more miles away, and the entire trip from the gas station is between 10-14 minutes. by the time i reach home, it has slowly made its way to the 3/4 mark.

has this happened to anyone else? weird.
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do you have a hole in your gas tank? jk, first time hearing such a story. Could be a faulty gauge.
Old Mar 28, 2006, 08:51 PM
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that would suck. if it doesn't fix itself in a couple days i'll probably take it to mitsu...
Old Mar 28, 2006, 09:23 PM
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My gauge never read up to full for somereason, always just a little below, swapped out the cluster and problem solved
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maybe some bad gas??
Old Mar 28, 2006, 10:09 PM
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no bad gas would cause the car to run like **** but the guage would read normally. its probably just the guage.
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Yea it does happen, I would say that its some what normal. It takes my gauge a few miles to read full tank.
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warranty
Old Mar 28, 2006, 11:19 PM
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could be a few things, hole in the tank or one of the EGR vaccum hoses blew off, but I am not quite sure if I ever seen my gas level go down that much after blowing a EGR vaccum hose, check anyways..
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Maybe your floater un-fastened from the pump assembly.
Old Mar 29, 2006, 11:16 AM
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bad gas can mess up your reading...

i don't think i have ever experienced gauge delay after a fill up
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My gauge now reads about a needle width off (low) - it started about 6 months ago. Doesn't sound like much, but it ends up being about 1/8th of a tank. I figure I'll mention it to the dealer before my warranty is up.
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My fuel guage started acting up as well. I normally fill up from the 3/4 full area and recently after a fill up, the gauge takes a good while to reach the full tank line. (about 20-30 minutes of driving) Previously it would always sky rocket to full tank after turning the key to the ON position. But now its having this problem.

Only mods on my car is an oil catch can. Do you guys think the oil catch can is going to give me problems if I take it in for service?

Any one else with similar problems and actual dignosis of what could be causing this problem? I know I should just take it in, but I'd first like to know what is causing this (bad gauge, floater, electrical etc....)
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Its probably the sender in the tank. Happened on my last car and that was the problem.
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This has never happened to me...kind of weird. Maybe something is up with your float in your gas tank.



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