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Old Jan 3, 2007 | 10:21 AM
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question on fuel gauge?

not to long after installing my chip from dp tuner i noticed my fuel gauge would read empty if i restarted truck ten it would go to normal. it did this a few times then no problems whatso ever for 6 months now after filling truck my gauge was like it was stuck at a half a tank so i tried restarting to see if that worked and it didnt so i took home and un hooked the batteries and rehooked them up now gauge works again any ideas??
 
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Old Jan 4, 2007 | 12:27 PM
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any ideas??
 
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Old Jan 4, 2007 | 12:53 PM
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I doubt it has anything to do with the chip just merely coincidence. My fuel guage will sometime stick at 1/4 tank after filling then after a few bumps and a couple restarts it will start reading correctly again. There was a thread with similar happenings a couple months ago, I sure would hate to have to drop the tank to find out if its bad but if you do drop it you could add the hutch/harpoonmodtoyourlist!
 
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Old Jan 4, 2007 | 12:56 PM
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it just seems odd if it were in the tank why would unhooking the batteries correct it?
 
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Old Jan 10, 2007 | 07:34 PM
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I never unhooked the batteries, just a few bumps and a few restarts.
Has it started working yet?
 
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Old Jan 11, 2007 | 10:34 AM
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yes i had to unhook the batteries to make it work though
 
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