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?

 

Possibly your fuel sending unit not really sure if that comes with the floater, that may also have a sensor that reads the level of fuel in your tank. Not 100% sure though, theres some troubleshooting to be done before determining that for sure.

 

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?

 

I go a couple of clicks.

 

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.

SSTS

 

what does a float and sender cost?

 

been doing that for 200k miles and not a problem. if i left it when it first shut off it wouldnt be full

 

same here i fill it up over the click also. no harm done.

 

true that guys.always include xtra clik or two or to nearest dollar or cents.

 

After some research I found a bulletin that may apply

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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Oh cool thanks, Eventually i will have to do this but for now its not a HUGE issue.

 

well i used to do it also with all the other cars i've owned and never had a problem, but i don't do it now. perhaps our VRS is different from the accords, who knows. luckily my guage is always past full when it clicks off anyway ::shrugs::

justinp - sorry i didn't answer your question sooner. i wasn't around much over the weekend.

SSTS

 

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.

 

Ok, Cool guys. I guess thats on my list of To-Do's now. Thanks for the help.

 

did you by chance tune your car using hondata? It so that's your issue.