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Old Dec 12, 2002 | 07:15 AM
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My feul gauge hasn't worked right ever since i changed the gas tank (rear) that i use. But it would go past full when it was full and it would go down to Empty about 3-4 gallons before it was empty. The other day i filled up the tank and it registered past full like it has since i changed the tanks. But that was monday and I think that i've traveled far enough for it to drop down past F and it is still stuck up there. Sometimes i watch it while i'm driving and it gets real close to the f and then falls back past it where it sits for a while. Does anybody know what might of happened? Maybe the terminal on top of the sending unit is coming off on one end or the float got some water on it and is froze up????

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Old Dec 12, 2002 | 07:21 AM
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You should trace the sender wire from the instrument cluster connector thru the firewall down the frame rail to the tank & see if it's shorting to ground.
 
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Old Dec 12, 2002 | 12:31 PM
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