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#1 (**permalink**) 26 Jul 2008, 09:02 am

Just bought the car, the fuel gauge always stays on full. Wondering
what is most likely the problem.

Thanks in advance!

#2 (**permalink**) 26 Jul 2008, 10:02 am

<septicman@peoplepc.com> wrote in message
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> Just bought the car, the fuel gauge always stays on full. Wondering
> what is most likely the problem.
>
> Thanks in advance!

Car used to be owned by a liberal/Democrat?

#3 (**permalink**) 26 Jul 2008, 01:46 pm

septicman@peoplepc.com wrote:
> Just bought the car, the fuel gauge always stays on full. Wondering
> what is most likely the problem.
>
> Thanks in advance!

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I had a stinkin' FORD that I soldered a resistor on the backside of the
cluster so it would stay that way. Otherwise it would jump around and
click against the bottom E. It was the sender.

You may just have a disconnected / broken wire, or short to ground. Just
unplug the sender to confirm, isn't it under the rear seat in that one?

'Curly'

#4 (**permalink**) 27 Jul 2008, 07:08 pm

Most of the time , this means you have an open ground
<septicman@peoplepc.com> wrote in message
news:3a0a69a9-ddb7-4ed0-bd1d-2af44bad7325@a1g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...
> Just bought the car, the fuel gauge always stays on full. Wondering
> what is most likely the problem.
>
> Thanks in advance!

#5 (**permalink**) 27 Jul 2008, 09:26 pm

septicman@peoplepc.com wrote:
> Just bought the car, the fuel gauge always stays on full. Wondering
> what is most likely the problem.
>
> Thanks in advance!

you need to trace back the circuit. before you do that though, look
under the car and check the tank for dents - if dented, the internal
baffles of the tank could be bent and the float stuck.

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