Broken Gas Meter...

[SanDiegoLS400]

Is there a easy way to fix the needle that shows how much gas you have? :D

[SKperformance]

more info needed

is the light on the gauge no lighting up?

is the needle not moving

or not moving properly

is it intermittent?

[SanDiegoLS400]

The light on the needle works, the needle doesn't seem to move until the gas tank is above half "when tank is full the needle raises to a little above half" , seems like the needle needs to be aligned but i'm clueless on how to do that.

[ToddLS400]

Maybe it's a stuck floater in your tank but I really doubt it? This may sound stupid but whack your tank a few times with the side of your fist.

It actually sounds like a dead sending unit. If it's like my truck (F150), the sending unit and the fuel pump are a all-in-one unit in the tank. When my readings first starting going whacky on my fuel gauge, the fuel pump died about 3 months later. Actually both of my fuel pumps (both tanks, front and back) went out about the same time. Weird...

[SanDiegoLS400]

Hmm... :snoooorrrtttt:

[SKperformance]

i would get the sender unit tested first before worrying about the needle

it might be a damged wire

[VBdenny]

Many 4in cars use two senders. One for the top of the tank, another for the bottom. My freinds Mazda's gas gauge only works when it is below 1/2 a tank, the rest of the time it reads dead empty. The sender itself is... you guessed it, in the gas tank. Hint, run the gas really low on gas (almost out) before dropping the tank.

[ToucheAway]

You may want to talk with Jim Walker who is in the forum. From what I understand, this is a common problem with the instrument cluster where there is too much voltage coming into the dash and over time it wears out the PS and it may need to be replaced. This is just a guess, but I would at least chat with him about it.