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I posted a while ago about having problems with the gas gauge readings.
Back then the gauge would slowly move from near empty reading to about 3/4 full reading when I had around 4-5 gallons of gas in the tank. So on the cold car the gauge would read correctly and then as the car warms up it would move to 3/4 full reading. Sometimes it would go to near empty as I would ran out of gas, other times it would stat at 3/4 even if I had nearly no gas.
If the car gets restarted while still warm it would jump to 3/4 full reading.
These days it's even more wierd: As I start the car cold it would read correctly sometimes, but other times it would jump right up to 3/4 full reading, and them jump (not move slowly, but jump) back to the correct reading. When car warms up it just travels slowly to back and forth around 1/2 full reading.
Another thing I noticed would be that when i start a warm car and it would jump to 3/4 full reading I could do this: turn off the car and put ignition into pos II, do this couple times, and, by some dumb luck, it would jump to the correct reading, but not all the time.
Well, a lot of words, but I wanted to share my observations with you.
I've read some about the sticking gas sender unit, and the bad soldering.
What would my observations indicate, if you were to think about it?
A combination of both symptoms.
thanks a bunch.
PS. This jumping of the needle back to the correct reading happens as the car is stationary, so no going over bumps that could have helped with the sticky sender unit problem.
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