Gas guage on E always. - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

whitesswj · 05-30-2005, 07:31 PM

I know the gas guage worked like 1200 miles ago and i then changed the tank sending unit b/c the guage wasn't reading acurately. then it just went hay wire on me and now will only say E.

That is unless i take the wire off of the sending unit and put then it goes way past F. SO i then take the wire and ground it to the tank directly and it goes back to E. I think it's my sending unit. any other thoughts??

sswj

Longhorn Man · 05-30-2005, 08:30 PM

Sounds like you figured it out. There is a short somewhere between the stud for the brown wire, and the float in the tank.

jef5150 · 05-30-2005, 08:34 PM

heres a good trouble shooting link http://www.chevytrucks.org/tech/gasgauge.htm jeff

whitesswj · 05-30-2005, 09:31 PM

az and adv and oril doesn't sell the sending unit and new o-ring. Who does?
sswj

Longhorn Man · 05-30-2005, 09:41 PM

You'll have to talk to a vendor, or get a used one. Used should be pretty easy to find with so many ppl getting rid of there in cab tank.

05-30-2005, 07:31 PM	#1
whitesswj Embrace the Redneck Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Cabot, AR Posts: 1,334	Gas guage on E always. I know the gas guage worked like 1200 miles ago and i then changed the tank sending unit b/c the guage wasn't reading acurately. then it just went hay wire on me and now will only say E. That is unless i take the wire off of the sending unit and put then it goes way past F. SO i then take the wire and ground it to the tank directly and it goes back to E. I think it's my sending unit. any other thoughts?? sswj __________________ '01 Camaro *Son, you just can't get there from here...*

05-30-2005, 09:31 PM	#4
whitesswj Embrace the Redneck Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Cabot, AR Posts: 1,334	az and adv and oril doesn't sell the sending unit and new o-ring. Who does? sswj __________________ '01 Camaro *Son, you just can't get there from here...*

05-30-2005, 08:30 PM	#2
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,693	Sounds like you figured it out. There is a short somewhere between the stud for the brown wire, and the float in the tank.

05-30-2005, 08:34 PM	#3
jef5150 Inline 69 Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: valleysprings,california Posts: 1,018	heres a good trouble shooting link http://www.chevytrucks.org/tech/gasgauge.htm jeff

05-30-2005, 09:41 PM	#5
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,693	You'll have to talk to a vendor, or get a used one. Used should be pretty easy to find with so many ppl getting rid of there in cab tank.



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