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Old 06-18-2009 | 05:44 PM
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Filling up gas

I made a thread like this a few months back. The gas meter on in my cluster is all ****ed. It wasnt that bad before. It used to only reach the 3/4 mark when it's full. Now, i cant even tell how much gas there is in my car because sometimes it tells me it's full and sometimes it the needle goes down to empty and the light goes on. Last nite i went to shoot some pool and the the needle read empty and the light came on. When i was going home, it was at half tank. I was like wtf. It just irritates me to not know how much gas there is in my car. Does anyone know what this problem is and how it can be fixed?

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Old 06-18-2009 | 05:53 PM
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What did Servco say? The car is still under warranty, right?
Old 06-18-2009 | 06:32 PM
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hey i have the same problems as well.. but it only happens sometimes not all the time
Old 06-18-2009 | 06:50 PM
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do you guys have aftermarket fuel pumps? BTW check your gas caps.

Try doing a search on nasioc.
Old 06-18-2009 | 06:54 PM
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just reset ur odo everytime u fill up... and only drive like 250-275 miles before you fill up
Old 06-18-2009 | 06:58 PM
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^^^hahaha.

yea the car is still under warranty. i might go down there if i have time tomorrow.
Old 06-18-2009 | 07:16 PM
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what! your car is not under warranty anymore bro. all that stuff in your car pretty much void your warranty
Old 06-18-2009 | 07:31 PM
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^^^ oh yea haha. i guess not.
Old 06-18-2009 | 07:58 PM
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Ahah, once again!

I was thinking bout' the old thread since I was thinking about the Manapua truck

It is right what Stupid Chicken said about resetting the odo meter

It's evident that your float is not working properly

Pops naggs me ever since I started driving that I should never let the gas tank reach below half way

try and experiment with that before ever going halfway on you gas
Old 06-18-2009 | 11:54 PM
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Mines has been doing this, I just dont look at it anymore so I just reset my odometer as a gas gauge.

When my Odometer was at 80 miles yesterday, the fuel light was on.. Its pretty annoying but at least I know I have gas.
Old 06-19-2009 | 12:02 AM
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I know this happens to me often whenever I fill my car up it always stops at 3/4 tank so your not the only one.
Old 06-19-2009 | 02:13 AM
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Originally Posted by STiAlain
do you guys have aftermarket fuel pumps? BTW check your gas caps.

Try doing a search on nasioc.
no we do not have aftermarket fuel pumps.. and i always do 2 full turns on my gas cap.. i guess resetting the odometer is the best way.
Old 06-19-2009 | 02:27 AM
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Wow,I thought my car was doing this because it's all frankenstein.
I didn't know it was such a common problem.
Old 06-19-2009 | 03:40 AM
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Good to hear we aren't the only ones! =D
Now, who's got a fix for it?
Old 06-19-2009 | 01:18 PM
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I got this intermittent problem also. I've read a lot of info on this from fuel senders to fuel pumps.

Any feedback is helpful.



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