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Does a faulty Fuel sender always throw a code?

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Old Jun 4, 2007 | 11:02 PM
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Title says it all. My fuel gauge is (very) intermittant. A couple times it stuck on "full" for a few days, then dropped to 1/2. Once it stuck on "E" then fixed itself. Most of the time it function OK The dealer will not replace the sending units (under warranty) unless there's a code stored (which there is not.)
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Old Jun 5, 2007 | 08:42 AM
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A faulty fuel sender usually will not throw a code. Do a search on faulty fuel senders and you will find many post on this very common problem.
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Old Jun 5, 2007 | 12:19 PM
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Occasionally mine acts up also without sending any codes. Probably heard this before but add a bottle of Techron in the next tankfull. This time i added one the last two tankfulls. So far each time (4) in the last two years have cured the problem.
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Mine never threw a code. Just gives me the "SUPRISE!! YOUR OUT OF FUEL!!" warning when I'm really not! And I always use Chevron Supreme too.
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Mine never threw a code. Just gives me the "SUPRISE!! YOUR OUT OF FUEL" warning when I'm really not! And I always use Chevron Supreme too.
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