Gas gauge issues........
06-07-2006, 08:55 AM
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Gas gauge issues........
Whenever i fill up my guage really never goes to full. It sits around 3/4 left, and it has only gone to full once since ive had the car and that as after it was turned off and turned back on. What is this problem?
06-07-2006, 09:11 AM
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Originally Posted by justinp
Whenever i fill up my guage really never goes to full. It sits around 3/4 left, and it has only gone to full once since ive had the car and that as after it was turned off and turned back on. What is this problem?
06-07-2006, 10:23 AM
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id say it may be the sending unit in the tank. Also do you stop filling as soon as the automatic shut off triggers or do you continue on a few times after?
06-07-2006, 10:29 AM
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Originally Posted by fsttyms1
id say it may be the sending unit in the tank. Also do you stop filling as soon as the automatic shut off triggers or do you continue on a few times after?
06-07-2006, 11:10 AM
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Originally Posted by justinp
I go a couple of clicks.
i always stop on the automatic stop in the pump handle and it always ends up a tick or two over full anyway.
worst case scenario: you need to change your float and sender, but the good news is that it's easy to do on the tl since the access panel is right in the trunk. i had to drop the tank on my girlfriends ford tempo to do hers several years ago and i swore after that that if i ever had to do it again i would sawzall an access in the trunk for myself.
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06-07-2006, 11:30 AM
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Originally Posted by SatinSilverTypS
that's not good. my friend flooded the vapor recovery system in his 2004 accord doing that.
i always stop on the automatic stop in the pump handle and it always ends up a tick or two over full anyway.
worst case scenario: you need to change your float and sender, but the good news is that it's easy to do on the tl since the access panel is right in the trunk. i had to drop the tank on my girlfriends ford tempo to do hers several years ago and i swore after that that if i ever had to do it again i would sawzall an access in the trunk for myself.
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i always stop on the automatic stop in the pump handle and it always ends up a tick or two over full anyway.
worst case scenario: you need to change your float and sender, but the good news is that it's easy to do on the tl since the access panel is right in the trunk. i had to drop the tank on my girlfriends ford tempo to do hers several years ago and i swore after that that if i ever had to do it again i would sawzall an access in the trunk for myself.
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06-07-2006, 12:50 PM
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Originally Posted by SatinSilverTypS
that's not good. my friend flooded the vapor recovery system in his 2004 accord doing that.
i always stop on the automatic stop in the pump handle and it always ends up a tick or two over full anyway.
worst case scenario: you need to change your float and sender, but the good news is that it's easy to do on the tl since the access panel is right in the trunk. i had to drop the tank on my girlfriends ford tempo to do hers several years ago and i swore after that that if i ever had to do it again i would sawzall an access in the trunk for myself.
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i always stop on the automatic stop in the pump handle and it always ends up a tick or two over full anyway.
worst case scenario: you need to change your float and sender, but the good news is that it's easy to do on the tl since the access panel is right in the trunk. i had to drop the tank on my girlfriends ford tempo to do hers several years ago and i swore after that that if i ever had to do it again i would sawzall an access in the trunk for myself.
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06-08-2006, 05:36 PM
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Originally Posted by justinp
what does a float and sender cost?
Bulletin # 99-036 Price on this part is around $120.00 and if you do it yourself thats not too bad of a cost. all depends on how picky you are. You might just want to live with an inaccurate fuel gauge
To correct your problem you will need to replace the fuel gauge sending unit.
Part # 17630-S0K-A51
You can get to it from the the trunk, I can fax you a copy of the bulletin.
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06-13-2006, 06:21 AM
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Originally Posted by fsttyms1
been doing that for 200k miles and not a problem. if i left it when it first shut off it wouldnt be full
justinp - sorry i didn't answer your question sooner. i wasn't around much over the weekend.
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Originally Posted by justinp
Whenever i fill up my guage really never goes to full. It sits around 3/4 left, and it has only gone to full once since ive had the car and that as after it was turned off and turned back on. What is this problem?
Had the exact same thing happen to me on my 99. $280 later I had a new sending unit installed. Almost three years now since the replacement and it still works like a charm.
01-11-2023, 07:33 PM
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did you by chance tune your car using hondata? It so that's your issue.
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