'88 fuel tank sender problem?
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'88 fuel tank sender problem?
Greetings All,
I Have An 88 Vette. In The Past Month Or So, When The My Gas Guage Indicated That I Had About A 1/4 Tank Of Gas, The Engine Wanted To Cut Out As If I Was Running Out Of Gas.
Yesterday, I Had Almost A Full Tank Of Gas And Stopped To "top It Off" For Hurricane Francis. As I Drove Away, I Noticed That My Led Guage Was Reading About Half A Tank When I Started With Almost A Full Tank When I Gassed Up!.
I Noticed The Guage/bar Graph Creep Up To The Full Mark In About A Min Or So Of Driving. So, Do Ya Think It Is The Pump - Float - Sensor Unit?........thanks!
I Have An 88 Vette. In The Past Month Or So, When The My Gas Guage Indicated That I Had About A 1/4 Tank Of Gas, The Engine Wanted To Cut Out As If I Was Running Out Of Gas.
Yesterday, I Had Almost A Full Tank Of Gas And Stopped To "top It Off" For Hurricane Francis. As I Drove Away, I Noticed That My Led Guage Was Reading About Half A Tank When I Started With Almost A Full Tank When I Gassed Up!.
I Noticed The Guage/bar Graph Creep Up To The Full Mark In About A Min Or So Of Driving. So, Do Ya Think It Is The Pump - Float - Sensor Unit?........thanks!
Thread Starter
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'88 fuel tank sender problem?
Originally Posted by 65Z01
Pull the pump & sender assembly and then clean the three brass contacts just under the mounting flange and clean the sender wiper.
YA MEAN THERE IS AN OPEN SET OF CONTACTS EXPOSED IN THE GASOLINE IN THE TANK?????....ISN'T THAT AN EXPLOSION WAITING TO HAPPEN?.....AT ANY RATE, I WILL GIVE IT A SHOT AS MY BROKEN HAND IS DOING A BIT BETTER. IS THAT THE SENDER UNIT OR IS THAT A SEPARATE ENTITY?.....THANKS AGAIN!
PS, ON A SEPARATE NOTE, WOULD I GET A CODE IF I HAD A PROBLEM WITH MY OXYGEN SENSOR? WOULD THE CAR RUN W/O GETTING A CODE BUT, WITH LOUSY PICK-UP FROM A STANDING START?
