Fuel Gauge Quit Working
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3rd Gear
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Fuel Gauge Quit Working
Any ideas what could cause this to happen, driving my 99 convert. and the fuel gauge stopped, when I insert the key in the ignition the needle moves to the right but goes back to "E", tried adding Techron last night to the gas as read in the Fourm, no changes yet, any ideas would be appreciated....bobkny99
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3rd Gear
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Techron must be good
Thank you Plasticfan, I pulled many threads from the Forum and sounds like all agree that techron is the real deal, I just added one bottle last night but will follow up with more. Thanks for the response
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If it is a fouled sensor then Techron will help. It might take a few tankfuls... Simultaneously switch to a top tier gasoline
www.toptiergas.com
It could also be a bad ground wire
In the worst case (rare) it could be a failed sending unit.
www.toptiergas.com
It could also be a bad ground wire
In the worst case (rare) it could be a failed sending unit.
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3rd Gear
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On my way to work the fuel gauge started to work today, Techron did it's thing, that stuff is great, I will be adding it in every other fill-up for sure. To all, thanks for the help
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It happened to me once, and I reset it, and it was fine after that.
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Pull the codes, then reset it. You get to the codes by press and holding the fuel button on the DIC and touching the Options button four or five times in 5 seconds. Then scroll through the various computers for the codes. Write them down before you press and hold the "Reset" button on whatever code. Reset will clear it.
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Well
I put 12oz of Techron in with about 5 Gal of Exxon in the tank.
Then I drove to Shell as per Toptiergas.com and filled up
Fuel gauge works again.
When I got home I put another bottle of Techron in since 12oz only treats up to 12 gal of fuel and the Z06 has an 18 gallon tank.
thanks for the unput on this thread - I thought I was in for $$$$ at the dealer. My wife blamed the Autox 2 days ago saying I probably broke it.
I put 12oz of Techron in with about 5 Gal of Exxon in the tank.
Then I drove to Shell as per Toptiergas.com and filled up
Fuel gauge works again.
When I got home I put another bottle of Techron in since 12oz only treats up to 12 gal of fuel and the Z06 has an 18 gallon tank.
thanks for the unput on this thread - I thought I was in for $$$$ at the dealer. My wife blamed the Autox 2 days ago saying I probably broke it.
