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11-01-2009
Well I was coming home from Purdue after visiting some friends for the weekend and the last time I remember looking at my fuel gauge I was a little under a 1/4 of a tank and when I looked at it again my fuel gauge is all the way at empty and it's telling me that I have low fuel when I know have 1/4 of a tank.
Any idea on what it might be and how much it might cost to fix it?
11-02-2009
Mine does the same thing, would like to know if it is common.....BOILER UP!!
11-02-2009
you need a new fuel pump that is were the sensor is.
11-02-2009
I have heard that these cars tend to read in a way so that you almost can't run out of fuel.
11-02-2009
The fuel gauge sending unit is bad. No need to change the fuel pump, just the float and sensor that is clipped onto the side of the pump. I got one from GMPartsDirect.com for about 90 dollars. Took about a half hour to change, and the fuel pump comes right out of the trunk.
11-02-2009
Ok, thanks for the replies, i figured i'd put in $5 in gas to see if that would fix it and it worked just fine, and it said i had a range of 70 miles left, so could it still be the sensor or whatever?
11-02-2009
all w-bodies read like that.
11-02-2009
So basically they just drop it all the way to empty to make you get some gas?
11-02-2009
if i park on an incline me gauge goes all the way to empty. Decline goes to full. the dealer looked into to it and told me it was a fuel level sensor and gave me an estimate of $430 installed, damn crooks.
11-02-2009
Originally Posted by GMPUNK
i believe just about all cars do that since when you're on a hill the gas moves around in the tank. it did that in my 97 bonneville.
11-02-2009
Not as much anymore... some "other" cars average their readings over much longer periods of time so that effect is much less noticeable.
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