Fuel gauge reading wrong?? Or, E = 5 gallons more!!
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Fuel gauge reading wrong?? Or, E = 5 gallons more!!
This thread is regarding my 82 4x4 and/or other yotas that have this same issue. I filled the tank, drove around and l let the fuel gauge get to E I mean dead nuts E, as in beyond the line, way beyond the line. I then got out a 17mm socket and unscrewed the bolt on the fuel tank to drain it. I'll be damned but there were 5 gallons remaining in that tank. I measured every drop.
SO, what is going on here. Either the engineers at Toyota designed this system to give you a good 100 miles more should you be on dead nuts E or there is a fuel gauge or sender issue. Either way I need a little help on this one.
SO, what is going on here. Either the engineers at Toyota designed this system to give you a good 100 miles more should you be on dead nuts E or there is a fuel gauge or sender issue. Either way I need a little help on this one.
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I have no idea what is going on with this truck. I think I might switch out the gauge and see what happens.
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Does anyone have a reasonably accurate idea of how much gas you have in the tank after the needle bottoms out at E. There has to be some average.
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Same deal with my truck. Sometimes its empty, sometimes half full. I just go by the fuel warning light. When it comes on and stays on ive got about 20-30 more miles to go to refuel. Idk, maybe the gauge no worky? It is 24+ years old.. Also, check the wiring. I belive there was a writeup here saying that a faulty gauge signal was due to corroded wiring. They guy soldered new wire in and it wad working as good as new
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82 project truck "Mascot" had a squirrely gas gauge. It only seemed to read correctly when over half full. After that it was a guess. It acted good sometimes, crazy at others like the float was stuck.
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Mine was fine till I went to a rockcrawl event and bounced around up and over a few rocks now I fill it to the brim and I only register 3/4 tank, checked to see if there were any dents in the tank, but no everythings fine. So whats up?
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My 89 pickup only reads Full or Empty. It registers full until I hit about half a tank then goes to E. Since the guage is toast I've had to manually track my fuel usage. At about 150 miles I refill and have about a gallon or two left depending on how aggressively I've been driving.
OP keep us posted on what you find. Nice av by the way, vis way way north is usually about to the end of my arm so I'm guessing thats in mx?
OP keep us posted on what you find. Nice av by the way, vis way way north is usually about to the end of my arm so I'm guessing thats in mx?
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