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Ah ha! I can shed some light on this one...
Posted by Micah in NC (more from Micah in NC) on Wed, 4 Sep 2002 12:49:31
In Reply to: is the gas light separate form the guage?, tyler, Wed, 4 Sep 2002 12:08:28
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Tyler,
My previous daily driver (now parts car) '84 900S has this problem. (It is donor for my current daily driver, also an '84S). I was getting tired of this wacky guage, so I turned to this BB. They pointed me to the TSN Frequently Asked Question section on this website, which I'll link below.
It's very informative! But here's a synopsis:
Gas guage only registers 3/4 full when acutually full because float in gas guage sending unit is faulty. (It's located in the fuel tank, under trunk floorpan, US passenger's side.)
Certain areas of the US use gasoline with additives for emissions or cold temperatures, which can aggravate the problem. The years of exposure to these additives or to gasoline in general can eat through the float and cause it to lose buoyancy (leak), so it won't float up to it's normal height in the sending unit--that makes it read lower than your acutal gas level in the tank.
Hope this helps!
Micah in NC
'84 900S, 219K mi.
posted by 216.77.232...
Click here for TSN FAQ on gas guages.
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