techron is overrated get some seafoam.
Fuel gauge problems
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Le Mans Master
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From: Freezing in the Midwest. Fort Wayne IN. Global warming my azz.
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Fuel gauge problems
Hey all
Filled up from reserve today and noticed as I was pulling out of the station that the gauge read just over a half tank.
I never have let it get this low before, but life has been busy lately, and I just didn't notice it.
So I watched the gauge while driving home and it slowly went up to full. (about 15 minutes 'till it got there)
I have heard of the dead and slow moving fuel gauge problems before and cannot remember the fix for the fuel additive I need to clear it up.
Help a brother out here guys and gals. Whats it going to take to clear this up?
BTW car is 99' FRC with about 110k on it. No other issues other than it needs to go faster. (working on that
)
TIA
Filled up from reserve today and noticed as I was pulling out of the station that the gauge read just over a half tank.
I never have let it get this low before, but life has been busy lately, and I just didn't notice it.
So I watched the gauge while driving home and it slowly went up to full. (about 15 minutes 'till it got there)
I have heard of the dead and slow moving fuel gauge problems before and cannot remember the fix for the fuel additive I need to clear it up.
Help a brother out here guys and gals. Whats it going to take to clear this up?
BTW car is 99' FRC with about 110k on it. No other issues other than it needs to go faster. (working on that
)TIA
Pro
Joined: Jul 2008
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From: Atlanta Ga
I had the EXACT same problem and I put 2 bottles of Techron in my tank and 10 minutes later my gauge started functioning properly. I put a bottle in every other month and I've had no problems for about 2 years now
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From: Minnesota
Took me a couple tankfulls of Techron to clear up my issue. One suggestion-get a 20oz bottle and put 1/2 in when you start filling your and the second 1/2 when it's almost full. That will insure that you techron in each of the tanks. I assume that it gets mixed around but this is what I heard on the forum here as a good approach.
