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Please help me... My gauge is lame
So I had 1/2 a tank of gas, and about 5 minutes later I see this...
So wtf is the deal with it. Its not just now happening, its been like this since I bought the car. Once it goes all the way down like that, it goes back up to 1/4 tank, then back down to that. I dont see a gas light at any time... But Ive seen it come on when I start the car before... I need to know how much gas I have.... Can anyone help me? -Dennis Also, do all SVX's gauges take like 10 minutes to go back up when you fill the tank? In my old focus, the gauge jumps all the way up instantly, and with this car... 10 minutes
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D.J. McPhee 2006 Infra-Red Ford Focus ZX3 ~ 67k No longer SVX'n, Ill always miss them! 1995 Polo Green LS-i ~ 95k 1992 Dark Teal LS-L ~ 145k (04/91) #2231 1992 Claret LS-L ~196K (05/91) #0831 |
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Re: Please help me... My gauge is lame
The sensor for the low fuel light is different than the sender for the gauge.
Fill the tank, reset the trip odometer, refuel when you get to 300 miles, repeat...
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Dave - 03 Baja - 92 SVX - 86 Brat - 08 OB 3.0 |
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Re: Please help me... My gauge is lame
I dont think my car will make it to 300 miles in one tank... Im at 200 right now
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D.J. McPhee 2006 Infra-Red Ford Focus ZX3 ~ 67k No longer SVX'n, Ill always miss them! 1995 Polo Green LS-i ~ 95k 1992 Dark Teal LS-L ~ 145k (04/91) #2231 1992 Claret LS-L ~196K (05/91) #0831 |
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Re: Please help me... My gauge is lame
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Re: Please help me... My gauge is lame
So lame...
So the question is, how do I fix it Can it be fixed at all? Or is it stuck like this forever now? Is there some way to replace the sensor if its bad?
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D.J. McPhee 2006 Infra-Red Ford Focus ZX3 ~ 67k No longer SVX'n, Ill always miss them! 1995 Polo Green LS-i ~ 95k 1992 Dark Teal LS-L ~ 145k (04/91) #2231 1992 Claret LS-L ~196K (05/91) #0831 |
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Re: Please help me... My gauge is lame
Maybe more comfortable to play it safe!
My gage doesn't work either so I... Fill the tank, reset the trip odometer, refuel when I get to around 250 miles, I repeat... I play it safe because I do a lot of freeway "driving", and freeway "parking" and don't want to sit there and run out of gas. Better to refuel when outside temperature is low to actually get more volume of fuel... In case there is anyone that doesn't already know that. probably not, but just in case... Keith |
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I am with you, hoping someone that knows will inform us both... Keith |
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Re: Please help me... My gauge is lame
My gauge fills up but never gets below a quarter tank. But luckily the gas light still works, however my trip odometer doesn't work. I know this doesn't help anything but.. post count +1
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David '94 Laguna Blue L 110,000 5000k Hid's, K&N drop-in filter, leather seats(thanks to mysvxrocks), 350z rims, and now with big dent in rear passenger quarter panel Purchased 12/2007 and lovin it [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] |
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Re: Please help me... My gauge is lame
It can be fixed, but it will just break again. The problem is that the sender on the fuel pump gets rusty and causes the fuel gauge to act weird. You can replace the sender, but it'll just rust again and you'll have to replace it.
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-Jason (8/23/07-Present) 1995 Subaru SVX LSi (197k) Polo Green (#1102) 03/95 Mods: DDM Tuning 4500k 35w Low Beam HID, 100w H3 Bulbs, Extra Ground Cables, 15 minute $12.96 mod, svxfiles designed transmission mount (), sporting a "new" tail light bar, silver BBS rims, custom power steering cooler (one that doesn't dump ATF constantly), new negative lead cable, no more third or fourth gear (1977-Present) 1977 Chevrolet Corvette (81k) Silver (12/01/2011-Present) 2005 Subaru Outback 2.5i Limited 5MT (97k) I have a bad feeling about this. -Obi Wan Kenobi |
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Re: Please help me... My gauge is lame
Every older Subaru I have owned has been like this.
I drive until the low fuel light comes on, which means on my car that 12L are still in the tank- Plenty of room left to get to a gas station. On my Legacy I do the same - the gauge needle rests on the empty stop for the last 1/4 of the tank
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Re: Please help me... My gauge is lame
Yeah, it will corrode again. But, for the next 12-15 years it should be fine
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Dave - 03 Baja - 92 SVX - 86 Brat - 08 OB 3.0 |
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Re: Please help me... My gauge is lame
I have a similar issue. WHen I am driving my gas gauge will be working, but when I come to a stop the gauge will drop all the way down to the E.
Continue driving and the needle goes back up . It gets worse as the weather gets hotter and more humid.
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Tim 92 Liquid Silver SVX 5MT 2009 BMW Z4 (Gone) 2012 Camry V6 SE |
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Re: Please help me... My gauge is lame
not sure how hard this is on an SVX but I have done it to two Imprezas and it is pretty easy to do with normal hand tools and can be done by a noob in an hour or so. FWIW, the one impreza was a coupe that didn't have a folding back seat so it was harder to get at everthing but still fairly easy to do.
I always used sube bucks to buy mine so my fixes were permanent and free!
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Matt 15 OBW premium w/eyesight A picture of an SVX in the garage |
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Re: Please help me... My gauge is lame
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Also, the low fuel light IS accurate, so if I push it past 300 miles until it comes on, I always know I have AT LEAST 20 miles to go before I'm in trouble. BTW, if you can't get at least 300 miles out of a full tank (you don't need a guage to know it's full, just wait for the gas pump to click off) you either drive 100% in stop and go traffic, or you may need to look into something. With gas prices as they are, any fuel economy related fixes are probably worth their costs!
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Troy 1992 SVX LSL "Serenity" 250,000 miles! I don't care, I'm still free, You can't take the sky from me... |
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Troy 1992 SVX LSL "Serenity" 250,000 miles! I don't care, I'm still free, You can't take the sky from me... |
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