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Fuel gauge...


Viper Command

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'88 bronco II, 2.9, auto, 4wd, tach in gauges.

3 months ago i added fuel it was fine, it showed empty later on but i still had half a tank kept driving and i noticed the needle went way past the empty mark to where i cant see it any more.

now i added $50. to my tank and the needle dident even move....


is there an anti slosh circut on thies gauges like '93-'97 that could be bad?

has any one seen this before.
 


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1st gen gauges are notorious for going bad

you'll have to change out the sending unit in the tank

its probably just the float....thats what i found most the time, the float gets a hole in it and doesn't float anymore
 

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ok, thankyou very much for the reply.
 

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Ok this struck me odd, I was unaware that it has a 23 gallon tank, $70 dollars later it kicked off. the gauge is reading full, I drove about 40-60 miles and the gauge is at half.

im thinking it has a short sweep sending unit from something else. Is this possable?

Im the 5th owner and the previous owner was a tweeker wanna be tech, who knows what he did.

Thanks for the help....
 

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