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Old 11-11-2012, 09:24 AM
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Faulty fuel system

For months my gas gauge has read incorrectly. Sometimes it would read correctly (I know this because when it did read correctly it was usually after a fill-up).

Is this affecting my MPG or am I just going crazy? I also need to know a fix. I've been told on here it's a problem with the fuel sender unit. Also, I'm not sure on the exact steps to diagnose or fix this so any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Old 11-11-2012, 10:00 AM
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you havent read enough, the problem is not the fuel sender, the problem is the entire gauge cluster, keep reading on. its not affecting your MPG its a problem in the stepper motor inside the cluster for the fuel gauge. theres threads on how to test the sender unit with a multimeter just to confirm.
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i have the same issue but it works most of the time what i do is reset my trip meter once it gets to a certain amount of miles i fill up 2 be safe and then i calculate my mpgs
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