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1990 accord ex 160.000 mi when i start driving my fuel goes down to E the
car does not sutter or cut off when i stop at light or put in park it goes
back up just had my car fuel system cleaned please help.....

briteize32 wrote:
> 1990 accord ex 160.000 mi when i start driving my fuel goes down to E the
> car does not sutter or cut off when i stop at light or put in park it goes
> back up just had my car fuel system cleaned please help.....

So the fuel gauge drops when you are driving the car and goes back to
normal when you stop? If so, does the fuel gage drop when you rev the
engine in park? In other words, is it related to the car moving or the
engine speed?

If it is related to the engine speed, the problem might be electrical
in nature.

Remco

briteize32 wrote:
>
> 1990 accord ex 160.000 mi when i start driving my fuel goes down to E the
> car does not sutter or cut off when i stop at light or put in park it goes
> back up just had my car fuel system cleaned please help.....

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Please explain: 'fuel system cleaned'?. Sounds more like a poor
connection or a ground wire off.

'Curly'

'Curly Q. Links' wrote:
> briteize32 wrote:
> >
> > 1990 accord ex 160.000 mi when i start driving my fuel goes down to E the
> > car does not sutter or cut off when i stop at light or put in park it goes
> > back up just had my car fuel system cleaned please help.....
>
> ---------------------------
>
>
> Please explain: 'fuel system cleaned'?. Sounds more like a poor
> connection or a ground wire off.
>
> 'Curly'

Yeah, that's what I was thinking as well. Or perhaps his voltage
regulator (I believe the dash has one) is shot.

Remco

"Remco" <whybcuz@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> 'Curly Q. Links' wrote:
>> briteize32 wrote:
>> >
>> > 1990 accord ex 160.000 mi when i start driving my fuel goes down to E
>> > the
>> > car does not sutter or cut off when i stop at light or put in park it
>> > goes
>> > back up just had my car fuel system cleaned please help.....
>>
>> ---------------------------
>>
>>
>> Please explain: 'fuel system cleaned'?. Sounds more like a poor
>> connection or a ground wire off.
>>
>> 'Curly'
>
> Yeah, that's what I was thinking as well. Or perhaps his voltage
> regulator (I believe the dash has one) is shot.
>
> Remco
>
My first thought was ground problems as well. The engine ground (the braid
at the top front of the engine) is notorious.

Mike

"Michael Pardee" <michaeltnull@cybertrails.com> wrote in message
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> "Remco" <whybcuz@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:1127241301.306055.266960@f14g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com...
> > 'Curly Q. Links' wrote:
> >> briteize32 wrote:
> >> >
> >> > 1990 accord ex 160.000 mi when i start driving my fuel goes down to
E
> >> > the
> >> > car does not sutter or cut off when i stop at light or put in park it
> >> > goes
> >> > back up just had my car fuel system cleaned please help.....
> >>
> >> ---------------------------
> >>
> >>
> >> Please explain: 'fuel system cleaned'?. Sounds more like a poor
> >> connection or a ground wire off.
> >>
> >> 'Curly'
> >
> > Yeah, that's what I was thinking as well. Or perhaps his voltage
> > regulator (I believe the dash has one) is shot.
> >
> > Remco
> >
> My first thought was ground problems as well. The engine ground (the braid
> at the top front of the engine) is notorious.
>
> Mike
>

Ground problems are hard to find sometimes.
I've had pretty good luck using a booster cable and bridging it across
normally connected points to see if the problem goes away. Even after one
finds what bridge fixes it, it is often still a head scratcher where the
actual missing connection is.

To the OP, you might want to try this: use a booster cable's negative
connection only - don't use the positive side at all. Tie one side to the
battery's negative and bring the other side to any point that should be
connected to ground. (engine, frame, dash, etc -- make sure you know what
you are doing, because connecting it to the wrong point can cause damage).
Most exposed metal pieces are tied to ground. "walk' this cable across
connections to see if your problem goes away.
Once the the booster cable makes the problem go away, you'll have to figure
out where the missing ground connection is - often a loose screw or bolt
holding down a wire to the frame is the problem. My bet is that a connection
from ground connection to some major component in your dash is missing or
bad.
This will take some detective work.

Remco

thanks guys i will check those out.