Shawn Taylor wrote:
> I have a 99 honda accord ex coupe, I recently had takin out my fuelpump/fuel
> sendin unit assembly. The probelm is when i put it back in and started my
> car up the fuel gauge started going up to about 3/4 full. but i actually had
> less than a 1/4 tank, well i finally went back down but still seemed alittle
> high. So i had taken out the pmump again checked the sendin unit and nothin
> seems to be blocking the arm or anything. Well i filled my tank up and the
> needle went up lioke normal but i have been driving around and the needle
> has droped down alittle like normal, BUT just now the needle just maxed
> out. Heres some ?'s I have.
> 1. When you turn the car off is the needle suppose to fall to empty until
> you give your car power?

no.

> 2. If not, I had the connector that plugs to the pump off, and had then neg
> cable off, the needle stayed at like 1/4 tank, before i filled it back up.
> Was that normal?

if you have the sender out of the tank, connect it up and move the float
up & down. the needle should follow - slowly. if it's not giving you
full gauge travel, either the sender is defective or the gauge is.

i had a similar problem with the needle not falling below 3/4, even when
empty. turned out that the car had been rear ended and even though it
looked fine from the outside, one of the tank baffles inside was bent
and it was stopping the float from moving properly. changed the tank,
problem disappeared.

> 3. want kinda of test do i need to do to figure this out?
> Thankyou for your help.
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