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Old Aug 15, 2010 | 01:37 PM
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fuel gauge needle is off

I got a quick question, my fuel gauge needle reading is off. When the tank is full it is pegged all the way to the right (way past the the full mark). So the empty reading becomes the quarter tank mark. The gauge works fine its just an annoyence. I was wondering if I could take the needle off the gauge panel and move it to the full mark, when the tank if full of course
Old Aug 15, 2010 | 01:54 PM
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It's normal.
Old Aug 15, 2010 | 02:02 PM
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its normal for our cars, the only time it seemed to read right was after i changed out my fuel pump.
Old Aug 15, 2010 | 02:17 PM
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Wait, really? Is this only for certain cars? I've had my 95 z28 all the way down past the E line a few time and still had a gallon left....
Old Aug 15, 2010 | 02:22 PM
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mine did that and a few months later the sending unit went bad. heard its common on these cars
Old Aug 15, 2010 | 02:27 PM
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http://www.shbox.com/1/4th_gen_tech2.html#fuel_gauge
Old Aug 15, 2010 | 03:12 PM
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Now let's move it to the correct forum......
Old Aug 15, 2010 | 07:14 PM
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My bad on the wrong forum

Awesome, thanks guys for the input...... had no idea! I'm just gonna leave it alone.

Thanks again!
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