Fuel Guage problem - FIXED
10-12-2004, 09:49 AM
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Interesting thread!!! I haven't had the problem yet. But will keep this all in mind if it does. Thanks.
10-12-2004, 10:02 AM
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Originally Posted by Zilla
Techron will not solve all the fuel gauge problems. I have been using strictly chevron 94 and adding bottles of techron every few fill-ups for over a year and I still have a fuel gauge problem which GM cannot fix yet.
I rarely get the "Check Gauges" light anymore. But I still have an erratic fuel gauge. It really sucks that something as simple as reading the gas level, which has been done for decades now, does not function on a $50k car built in 2004.
This isn't new technology. And for everyone that says it's because of bad gas, I think that's 
! I take my bike and SUV to the same gas stations and never had an issue in them. In fact, in the 17 years that I have owned cars, I have never had this issue. Not once. I have never run out of gas in my life until I got this Corvette. Are you telling me that bad gas didn't exist in the mid 80's or 90's? 
10-12-2004, 10:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Zilla
Techron will not solve all the fuel gauge problems. I have been using strictly chevron 94 and adding bottles of techron every few fill-ups for over a year and I still have a fuel gauge problem which GM cannot fix yet.
I see several replies here where they deal with it and some seem to have it resolved! 
I keep knocking on wood as my baby is in good health, so far so good!
10-12-2004, 01:06 PM
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The right sending unit on my 2000 was replaced at 7,000 miles. Now with 22,000 miles, when the tank goes below half full, once in awhile the gas gauge will go to zero and the "check gauges" warning will be displayed. I've only used Chevron in the car. I hate to take the car in again to fix another problem that GM just can't seem to get right. (To bad there isn't an after market product like the CLB for the gas gauge!)
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10-12-2004, 01:25 PM
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Originally Posted by speedy-vet
Sure Mr. Zilla, you may be right that GM cannot fix it but surely you wouldn't use "this problem" as an excuse to get rid of your car right? I see several replies here where they deal with it and some seem to have it resolved!
I keep knocking on wood as my baby is in good health, so far so good!
I see several replies here where they deal with it and some seem to have it resolved! I keep knocking on wood as my baby is in good health, so far so good!
No where did I say that I would get rid of my car because of the fuel gauge problem, unless I am going to a C6 and I have been dealing with it for well over 6 months. GM is scratching their heads over this one. I had to wait almost two months for the parts to arrive to the dealer from GM. All I am saying is that techron will not solve all the fuel gauge problems like I said in my earlier posts. Ever since GM replaced my sending units and sensors I have only used Chevron 92 or 94 octane and I still get the gas gauge dropping to E. Back in Sept. I drove the vette Vancouver BC to Portland for work, the gas gauge dropped to E about 5 times with a code of P1431 showing up.
All I want to do is warn people just because you add techron it doesn't mean your problems are solved. Sooner or later we are going to here a story where someone was stranded in the middle of nowhere with no gas.
10-12-2004, 01:35 PM
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My only cure was to switch from Amoco (Now BP) to Shell/Texaco and never let my gauge read and get below half a tank...so far in the past year no fuel gauge problems...but who knows?
10-12-2004, 01:37 PM
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Originally Posted by vettenuts
Not sure I would blame it on Shell either.
here is an article with regards to Shell and just to let you know that Shell closed 500 station in the SouthEast on the May long weekend for bad gas which contained high sulfur.
SHELL CANADA TO SETTLE SUIT OVER GASOLINE ADDITIVE (01/08/04)
Shell Canada Ltd. will settle a class-action lawsuit filed by motorists whose vehicles were hit with fuel pump and gauge problems related to an additive in its gasoline. Shell Canada said it will compensate drivers in three classes of claims related to the problems, which occurred between March 2001 and April 2002. It has since changed fuel ingredients.
A spokeswoman declined to say what the company's total potential liability might be. "We need to wait until the settlement process is complete. That is a 90-day claim period following ads that will appear in national papers," Shell Canada's Simone Marler says. The settlement applies to customers across Canada, although not in Quebec. Notices will be published in late January.
10-13-2004, 11:12 AM
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Originally Posted by Zilla
Speedy-vet
No where did I say that I would get rid of my car because of the fuel gauge problem, unless I am going to a C6 and I have been dealing with it for well over 6 months. GM is scratching their heads over this one.
All I want to do is warn people just because you add techron it doesn't mean your problems are solved. Sooner or later we are going to here a story where someone was stranded in the middle of nowhere with no gas.
No where did I say that I would get rid of my car because of the fuel gauge problem, unless I am going to a C6 and I have been dealing with it for well over 6 months. GM is scratching their heads over this one.
All I want to do is warn people just because you add techron it doesn't mean your problems are solved. Sooner or later we are going to here a story where someone was stranded in the middle of nowhere with no gas.
I'm sure many of you know about it...http://forums.corvetteforum.com/showthread.php?t=920046
10-13-2004, 11:43 AM
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Originally Posted by speedy-vet
Sorry Mr. Zilla, my sentence wasn't clear when I said you would get rid of your car... as other people think is the solution to this problem. We thank you for the warning and as far as going with the C6 and here is a warning even on this new one.... I'm sure many of you know about it...
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/showthread.php?t=920046
I'm sure many of you know about it...http://forums.corvetteforum.com/showthread.php?t=920046
10-13-2004, 12:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Zilla
Shell seems to be at the center of this problem especially here in Canada
here is an article with regards to Shell and just to let you know that Shell closed 500 station in the SouthEast on the May long weekend for bad gas which contained high sulfur.
just this week a judge okay the Class action against Shell for Quebec.
here is an article with regards to Shell and just to let you know that Shell closed 500 station in the SouthEast on the May long weekend for bad gas which contained high sulfur.
just this week a judge okay the Class action against Shell for Quebec.
10-13-2004, 02:14 PM
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Originally Posted by speedy-vet
Sorry Mr. Zilla, my sentence wasn't clear when I said you would get rid of your car... as other people think is the solution to this problem. We thank you for the warning and as far as going with the C6 and here is a warning even on this new one.... I'm sure many of you know about it...
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/showthread.php?t=920046
I'm sure many of you know about it...http://forums.corvetteforum.com/showthread.php?t=920046
10-13-2004, 02:18 PM
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Man I love this forum! THANK YOU! My gauge is busted EXACTLY like that. I too took to dealer and they replaced the gauges, BCM, all kinds of crap. I fill up at Shell! I dont run out of gas but I have given up trusting it. It sticks 1/8 over half tank then falls to oh my god level all the sudden. It comes and goes. I cant get over how much grief this forum has saved me from. Chevron comes with techron in it though? You bought some additive at the station as well?
10-13-2004, 04:44 PM
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Originally Posted by cuda
Chevron comes with techron in it though? You bought some additive at the station as well?
I also buy techron to add to the fuel from Chevron and I have seen bottles in some automotive stores.