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Location: Navarre,Fl
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fuel range indication freak out !
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Has more rust than truck...
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Re: fuel range indication freak out !
What year truck?
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Re: fuel range indication freak out !
sorry forgot to post the vehicle info
2005 silverado 5.3 crew cab Z71 |
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Re: fuel range indication freak out !
How much does the needle move and does it sometimes not work at all?
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Re: fuel range indication freak out !
it moves wth the digital display , by that i mean when the range estimate moves so does the needle
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Re: fuel range indication freak out !
What I meant was, does the needle act sometimes like it is not working, only shows 1/4 when it's full or pegs out when it low. The digital is a calculation of your remaining fuel * your avg mpg. So if you park on a hill, the fuel level will fluctuate and your miles to E will change also. There is also an that exists where the stock instrument clusters had issues and the needles can go crazy. It comes up often.
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Re: fuel range indication freak out !
The fuel needle always works ,never goes to E when it is not supposed to..But my estimated fuel range just goes up and down as i drive the truck , my average fuel economy stays the same as it always has been..The fuel pump is not whining like the 3 other chevy's that i have owned, that i replaced pumps on..But i am approaching the 115,000 mile chevy breakdown.. which is usually 1 of three, Fuel pump , water pump , or power steering pump..But thats just my experience..lol
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Location: Fort Worth, TX
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Re: fuel range indication freak out !
My 04 does the same thing....There is nothing wrong....Its just the way it works.
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Re: fuel range indication freak out !
Go to the dealer and get some fuel treatment. The sensor is corroded. The gm cleaner will clean the fuel card.
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Re: fuel range indication freak out !
thank you ..i will give it a shot...so this remedies the problem of me having 25 gallons of gas and the indication dropping from full to almost empty then climbing , and so on and so forth?
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Re: fuel range indication freak out !
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Re: fuel range indication freak out !
sending unit?
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Location: Navarre,Fl
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Re: fuel range indication freak out !
it will go to E if i have no gas , what i was trying to say is when i put 20 gallons of gas in at the pump, i know that gets me 325 miles, cuz i have gears in my rear, and i drive in town and i like to hear my flowmasters...lol ..But it will sit at 325 miles for a split second then drastically drop to like 90 miles then bounce back up to 300 , and so on and so forth, and the fuel needle reflects the digital display while it is fluxuating...Does that clearify at all?
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Re: fuel range indication freak out !
So when the range drops to 90, the needle also drops? If this is the case, I would check the sending unit as recently stated. The range is connected to the fuel level, so if the needle move the range will follow.
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