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Old Jul 12, 2006 | 10:33 PM
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Greetings all.....I had the mysterious "suddenly empty" gas gauge. I put in Techron, and reset the code....but now the gauge never quite gets to full......it's ultimately NOT that big of a deal.....but it's driving me nuts. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated.
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Old Jul 13, 2006 | 06:22 AM
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Gas tank needs to be near empty when you put in Techron. Put the 20gallon size in. It may take several fill ups (using Techron additive) to clear up your problem. I now put Techron in every other fill up.
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Old Jul 13, 2006 | 09:25 AM
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Originally Posted by trussme
Gas tank needs to be near empty when you put in Techron. Put the 20gallon size in. It may take several fill ups (using Techron additive) to clear up your problem. I now put Techron in every other fill up.
Better be careful. Techron is a corrosive. That is to often. Each oil change is what I do and I use what the bottle says.
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Old Jul 13, 2006 | 09:34 AM
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I have the same problem most of the time. Sometime it does show full but 99% of the time it show 7/8's full
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Old Jul 13, 2006 | 06:39 PM
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Gas tank needs to be near empty when you put in Techron. Put the 20gallon size in. It may take several fill ups (using Techron additive) to clear up your problem. I now put Techron in every other fill up.
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Old Jul 13, 2006 | 06:59 PM
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Originally Posted by trussme
Gas tank needs to be near empty when you put in Techron. Put the 20gallon size in. It may take several fill ups (using Techron additive) to clear up your problem. I now put Techron in every other fill up.
Not true, I had the problem once they changed my sensors in my tanks. Techron will solve some problems but not all problems
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