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Old 01-14-2013, 03:12 PM
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Default fuel guage not working

My fuel guage works a little (not precise) til about half tank then drops. Im hoping its just the guage and not the sending unit. I dont want to pull the bed and drop the tank if i dont have to. Any ideas?
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Old 01-14-2013, 03:34 PM
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Default Re: fuel guage not working

Untill my fuel pump went out my guage worked perfect, with the new pump guage won't go all the way to full. I know I can get 320 miles to a tank, so I just reset the speedo at fillup, and try to fill up at around 270-290.
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Old 01-14-2013, 03:38 PM
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I replaced my pump already, now that i think about it the guage didnt work at all before i replaced it. Still drops at half tho. Im thinking just top it off, reset speedo and have gas can ready? Just wait for it to run out of gas
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Old 01-14-2013, 06:01 PM
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Default Re: fuel guage not working

Its very easy to figure gas mileage as long as your odometer works. Divide the mileage by the number of gallons and presto you know your gas mileage. Then multiply that by your fuel tank capacity and dont run too close Example: Fill the tank.... Drive 100 miles....Then fill the tank again. Say it takes 6.5 gallons to fill it. You know your getting 15.38 M.P.G. My truck has a 16.5 gallon tank so in a perfect world I would get 253.7 miles to a tank full. Not pushing it I would fill up at 220 miles.
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Old 01-14-2013, 06:21 PM
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Sounds good i'll try it. Thanks alot
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