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Subject:Re: 83 - gas gauge not full?
From:Jim Felder
Date:Sun, 16 Jul 2006 09:14:47 -0500

Yes, but the question is what to replace.

I had the same thing happen on my diesel. Knowing it got 350+ miles
to a tankful, I drove by the odometer until I located a replacement
instrument pod I replaced it for another reason other than the gas
gauge innacuracy, as the advice I got about fixing the problem
centered on replacing the sending gauge in the tank. To my surprise,
the gas gauge in the new pod did the trick, and it's a very easy
thing to change out.

Replacing the sending unit, if it's that, will require dropping the
tank.

You could possible have some ground quality issues, as always, but
I'll the that advice to the more qualified.

Jim

On Jul 16, 2006, at 8:27 AM, karen d wrote:

> Filled up tank and gas gauge only shows about 3/4...any idea why?
> Do I need
> to replace something?
>