Super sensitive fuel gauge

[2TimingTom]

I haven't even had my Ex 2 weeks yet, so everything is still pretty new to me.

Does anyone else have a really sensitive fuel gauge when the fuel level gets less than about 1/3 tank? I swear if I make a right too fast the gauge will go to E and if I turn to the left it'll go up.

Is this normal or do I have a loose float or something?

 

[swetrid]

Normal all explorers do it.

 

[Joe Dirt]

Are you sure the slosh function is working? None of my Ex's have had gauges that violent...

actually, none of my Ford vehicles have...

 

[BrianDye]

My 1st gen never did it, but all my 2nd gens did it, NOT that bad though. The only time really being when im on an upwards/downwards angle, the gauge will really mess with me. But its a very "slow" change on the gauge, not an instantaneous thing.

 

[drothgeb]

Mine can change almost a 1/4 of a tank depending on whether I just pointed uphill to downhill and vice versa. It's frustrating but my old Plymouth Acclaim did exactly as you stated about sloshing when turning. Plus the fuel gauge took up a whole gauge (as if the speedometer had been replaced with a fuel gauge) and could almost do circles...haha the good ol' days

 

[2TimingTom]

Noticed it today while driving home on a straight road. I've got about 80 miles on this tank so I'm somewhere around the 3/4 mark. This straight road did include some stop'n'go and a couple hills- but nothing too extreme (this is a state highway through metro Denver/Lakewood/Littleton). At one point the needle was probably 2 needle thicknesses below the 3/4 mark. And then after a few miles, it was back up to about a needle width above 3/4.

Rather annoying.

I watched the change and it wasn't all that fast.

 

[Joe Dirt]

Ah- yeah, over some distance, it can do that. I was commenting on if the gauge jumped (or dropped) 1/3 of a tank when you took off from a light, then the slosh wasn't working.

You can try it- next time you have to fill up, leave the truck running. As you fill up, the gauge shouldn't move much at all. Either you would have to turn the truck off then back on to let the gauge reset and go up to full, or drive a while for it to come back up. That's the slosh function working, keeping the gauge from major fluctuations with quick changes in tank orientation.

For example, on my Ex's, if I fill with the engine running and not turn it off until I get home or whatever- I might have to drive 4-5 miles before the gauge finally works it's way up to full.