Is yoour gas gauge off also?

[marcoze]

I notice when i Fill up the needle goes WAYYY over full, like almost a half tank over it. And then the tank is empty when it says there is bewteen E and a 1/4 tank.


I was just wondering if anyone else had this happen?

Its a 91 4 door.

 

[AspenX]

Yeah me too. Same X too,91 4door.

 

[Soundguy01tx]

Yeah my 91 4 door had that problem... now it just always stays on E... Ive learnde to live with no gas gauge... it was frustrating at first, but its cool now... i like to suprise ppl who say "man dont you need gas?" and im like" ehh, ill chance it for another few miles"... let em squirm... haha
--Bryan

 

[AlaskanJack]

you need to pull the dash and on the next fill up pull the gas needle and relocate it to the full line. problem solved.

 

[Doug]

I never really trust my gas gauge, only time i beleive it is when it says full or empty, I almost always get 200 miles to a tank so i just use that as a guideline to when to fill up.

 

[mdriggan]

I dont really trust my gas gauge either. I usually get around 300 miles per tank, so I use that as an indicator to fill up. Sometimes it says I have a quarter of a tank left when I start the car, but a few miles later it reads Im almost empty. Dont really trust it, but I have made due...


Michael

 

[Maniak]

Reading too high when full isn't a big issue... But having empty be closer to 1/8th tank is really anoying (especially w hen someone else drives your truck)

What I did was figure out how far off my gauge was.. (empty for me was just above the red)..

Some time during the next fill-up I waited until the gauge was about 1/8" above the 1/2 way mark. It waited until then so I could use the 1/2 tank mark as a reference. I then pulled the cover off the gaue, pulled the needle, reinstalled the needle at the 1/2 tank mark (I moved it about width of the red area near E). Now my tank read just about perfect.

At 1/4 tank I have about 5 gallons and at about 1/2 tank I have about 11 gallons. When I fill the tank it still goes past full, but thats ok.. Its the 1/2 Tank and Empty that are more important.

~Mark

 

[sean4385]

Mines not accurate either. it can change about a 1/4 tank in a couple minutes one way or the other. I think its mainly due to going up and down hills; When tilted nose down it will read less gas and when leaning upward it will show more.

 

[sapogmxr]

I got a 97. Same issue. 1/4 tank im done.

 

[jfsledge]

Mine at 'E' for years. Use the trip counter - refill before 320 Miles.