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03-20-2011, 03:28 PM
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Does Everyones fuel gauge move around a lot?
Dont mean to nit pick the old girl but the fuel gauge moves alot on my 71 and dont remember the gauges in my other 67-72 trucks moving as much as this one does. Even going straight down the hwy it will move back and forth a 1/4 of a tank.
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03-20-2011, 04:01 PM
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Re: Does Everyones fuel gauge move around a lot?
mine does when it gets to about 1/4 tank. the sending unit is probably on its way out.
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03-20-2011, 07:10 PM
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Re: Does Everyones fuel gauge move around a lot?
Mine does and i just replaced it. How much does it move? What happend with my old one was the float had a pin hole in it and filled with some gas so it was like a bobber affect and after i replaced it the new one still moves but not as much.
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03-21-2011, 02:18 PM
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Re: Does Everyones fuel gauge move around a lot?
Its caused by fuel slosh in the original tank. I replaced mine with a foam filled fuel cell doesn't hardly move at all even thru hard turns. factory tank doesn't have good baffling.
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03-21-2011, 02:45 PM
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Re: Does Everyones fuel gauge move around a lot?
mine moves as quickly as my speedometer...
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03-21-2011, 03:21 PM
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Re: Does Everyones fuel gauge move around a lot?
Only when I accelerate, stop, or make a hard turn.
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03-21-2011, 03:21 PM
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Re: Does Everyones fuel gauge move around a lot?
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03-21-2011, 04:08 PM
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Re: Does Everyones fuel gauge move around a lot?
I think mine moves more than my tach does. lol
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03-21-2011, 07:42 PM
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03-21-2011, 08:58 PM
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Re: Does Everyones fuel gauge move around a lot?
Yeah, no baffles in the tank, so when its low on fuel it tends to slosh around more.
x2 @ the gas guage moves when the speedometer moves LOL
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03-21-2011, 11:16 PM
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Re: Does Everyones fuel gauge move around a lot?
LOL!!! Well When I bought the truck I had a hour trip back home so I put 30 bucks in it and came up to 3/4 and what is when I was going straight down the hwy and it will still moving from 1/2 to 3/4. My el camino does the same thing but my other 2 67-72 trucks I had I dont remember them doing it this much. But maybe they did.
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03-22-2011, 07:59 AM
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Re: Does Everyones fuel gauge move around a lot?
I wish mine WOULD move. It just sits on "E" all the time.
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