Gas guage bounces all over the place, need help/advice!

NewJerseyDesigner · 10-05-2006, 12:23 PM

I am getting misreads all the time, I might fill up the tank and it reads 1/4 full or I may have half a tank and it reads empty (and I'm not on any hills, slants, etc.).

Anybody else ever have this problem? Do we have a sending unit or could it be the float in the tank itself, all help greatly appreciated!

Thanks,
Alex (it's a 2000 year model)

Java Junky · 10-05-2006, 12:36 PM

'First things I go to Alex: did it just start? Did it have an occasional problem that's over time gotten worse? Was any work (possibly something in the dash or console. I'm guessin' that the sendin' unit's connected through wirin' through the console, but that's just a guess) done right around, r' jus' prior to the time of it rearin' it's head.
I wonder if it could be somethin' as simple as a bad connection.

NewJerseyDesigner · 10-05-2006, 12:50 PM

It's been doing this for a while now but 3 years ago the dealer replaced my entire dashboard (it had some bubbling from the factory -- a 40+ hour job at the dealer, entire steering column, heater and AC unit, both air bags, etc. had to come out) so it's possible this might have contributed to the problem. I was trying to narrow down if my gas guage problem was with the wiring or the sending unit.

Thanks for your reply -- where is the sending unit on our cars located by the way, do you happen to know?

--Alex

Java Junky · 10-05-2006, 02:47 PM

Sorry Alex, but, no. I'm not certain.
But, don't go 'way. I'm sure somebody'll be along shortly.
Be well.

Java Junky · 10-08-2006, 12:02 PM

All right Alex . . . maybe not so shortly.
So, while we're waitin' . . what kind'a design?

10-05-2006, 12:23 PM	#1 (permalink)
NewJerseyDesigner Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 2	Gas guage bounces all over the place, need help/advice! I am getting misreads all the time, I might fill up the tank and it reads 1/4 full or I may have half a tank and it reads empty (and I'm not on any hills, slants, etc.). Anybody else ever have this problem? Do we have a sending unit or could it be the float in the tank itself, all help greatly appreciated! Thanks, Alex (it's a 2000 year model)

10-05-2006, 12:36 PM	#2 (permalink)
Java Junky Resident Curmudgeon Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Joisey Posts: 5,482	'First things I go to Alex: did it just start? Did it have an occasional problem that's over time gotten worse? Was any work (possibly something in the dash or console. I'm guessin' that the sendin' unit's connected through wirin' through the console, but that's just a guess) done right around, r' jus' prior to the time of it rearin' it's head. I wonder if it could be somethin' as simple as a bad connection. __________________ In life-long pursuit of that most mythic of beasts: the ever-elusive perfect corner. Well . . . that, r' at least a whole lodda clear spin-out room.

10-05-2006, 12:50 PM	#3 (permalink)
NewJerseyDesigner Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 2	re: Gas guage It's been doing this for a while now but 3 years ago the dealer replaced my entire dashboard (it had some bubbling from the factory -- a 40+ hour job at the dealer, entire steering column, heater and AC unit, both air bags, etc. had to come out) so it's possible this might have contributed to the problem. I was trying to narrow down if my gas guage problem was with the wiring or the sending unit. Thanks for your reply -- where is the sending unit on our cars located by the way, do you happen to know? --Alex

10-05-2006, 02:47 PM	#4 (permalink)
Java Junky Resident Curmudgeon Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Joisey Posts: 5,482	Sorry Alex, but, no. I'm not certain. But, don't go 'way. I'm sure somebody'll be along shortly. Be well. __________________ In life-long pursuit of that most mythic of beasts: the ever-elusive perfect corner. Well . . . that, r' at least a whole lodda clear spin-out room.

10-08-2006, 12:02 PM	#5 (permalink)
Java Junky Resident Curmudgeon Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Joisey Posts: 5,482	All right Alex . . . maybe not so shortly. So, while we're waitin' . . what kind'a design? __________________ In life-long pursuit of that most mythic of beasts: the ever-elusive perfect corner. Well . . . that, r' at least a whole lodda clear spin-out room.

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