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  • torq455
    If I only had money!!!
    • Dec 2003
    • 1615

    #1

    Fuel gauge is spastic

    I've searched and can't find anything that addresses my problem. My fuel gauge will intermittently jump from 1/2 tank to full tank a few times. I'm assuming that means the fuel sending unit is going bad. Correct?
    Andy

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  • robertisaar
    W-Body for Life!
    • May 2007
    • 6414

    #2
    could be the sending unit, could be the guage itself, hell, it could just be a flaky connection somewhere...
    1995 Monte Carlo LS 3100, 4T60E...for now, future plans include driving it until the wheels fall off!
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    • torq455
      If I only had money!!!
      • Dec 2003
      • 1615

      #3
      only does it when i take a long left turn and the gauge reads lower.
      Andy

      sigpic

      fastest 1/8: 10.19@ 67.17
      fastest 1/4: 16.16@ 82.70

      62mm TB, 1.6 roller tip rockers, Ostrich 2.0, UD pulley, TB heater bypass, K&N, 180* stat, No cat, 99Grand AM dual cooling fans. 4T65E swap FDR 3.69, EP LSD, F.A.S.T. transmission controller, TransGo shift kit.

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      • robertisaar
        W-Body for Life!
        • May 2007
        • 6414

        #4
        that doesn't sound spastic at all.... just sounds like the float is moving with the level of the fuel.
        1995 Monte Carlo LS 3100, 4T60E...for now, future plans include driving it until the wheels fall off!
        Latest nAst1 files here!
        Need a wiring diagram for any GM car or truck from 82-06(and 07-08 cars)? PM me!

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        • torq455
          If I only had money!!!
          • Dec 2003
          • 1615

          #5
          no, it jumps.
          Andy

          sigpic

          fastest 1/8: 10.19@ 67.17
          fastest 1/4: 16.16@ 82.70

          62mm TB, 1.6 roller tip rockers, Ostrich 2.0, UD pulley, TB heater bypass, K&N, 180* stat, No cat, 99Grand AM dual cooling fans. 4T65E swap FDR 3.69, EP LSD, F.A.S.T. transmission controller, TransGo shift kit.

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          • phonedawgz
            • Aug 2010
            • 11

            #6
            Its very most likely a bad sending unit.

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            • 86FieroSEv6
              • Feb 2010
              • 527

              #7
              GM fuel gauge senders tend to suffer from the newer gasoline formulations, nearly 90% of sending units I've replaced have all come up in the last ten years. From about 03 onwards models it hasn't been too bad, but earlier models are definitely affected and not just due to age either.

              If you ain't rock and roll, you must be driving a Honda

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              • Tbay99Venture
                Push-starting the old way
                • Mar 2010
                • 123

                #8
                It was a few years ago, but a class action lawsuit here resulted because of high sulfur content in gasoline sold by a major oil company. Apparently that corrodes the sending unit. Perhaps there's spotty corrosion on his sender?

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                • torq455
                  If I only had money!!!
                  • Dec 2003
                  • 1615

                  #9
                  maybe, it's been reading fine since.
                  Andy

                  sigpic

                  fastest 1/8: 10.19@ 67.17
                  fastest 1/4: 16.16@ 82.70

                  62mm TB, 1.6 roller tip rockers, Ostrich 2.0, UD pulley, TB heater bypass, K&N, 180* stat, No cat, 99Grand AM dual cooling fans. 4T65E swap FDR 3.69, EP LSD, F.A.S.T. transmission controller, TransGo shift kit.

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