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Gas gauge floats a bit but mostly reads 1/2 tank 200 1987

posted by  TONY H on  Mon May 17 02:15 CST 2004
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Asking for a neighbor. My thinking is if the wireing si shorted it should read a full tank, If the wire is broken it should read Empty. But he has this gauge that will move when tank is full but then tends to rest at 1/2 tank. he keeps filling the tank because he doesn't want to run out so we don't know if the gauge will all of a sudden drop below 1/2 and read correctly as we near the Empty mark. Why would his gauge be getting 6 volts to show 1/2 tank?

I haven't eyeballed the trunk and the connections yet. Just thought I'd toss it out at you guys and gals before heading to his house.
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