I fueled up and was cruising along and then my gauge read empty and my low fuel light came on. I continued along and it would bounce to full then shortly after that, it would read empty. What is the deal? How hard of a fix is this problem?
Ben
At one point there was a discussion about fueling up with your truck running. Some were stating they had problems with the fuel gauge if they fueled up while their truck was running.
Have same problem w/45 gal TF tank. The OEM fuel level sender located in the tank is a sliding arm attached to a float. The arm slides up/down against a coil winding which results in more or less resistance. The amount of resistance gives a fuel level reading at the instrument cluster. If I top off, the arm goes beyond the topmost winding and gives an empty reading at the instrument cluster. Avoid topping off???
I filled up again and still did not do this eradic behavoir. What gives? I too thought that it was the fuel guage sending unit but since it is not consistent then what?
Ben
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