My '96 has always been way off. Now, for instance, it's sitting in the yard
with 178.6 miles on this tank, and the gauge says I have less than a quarter
tank left! Plug in the numbers, and the math says that means I'm only
getting 9 MPG!
Now, this tank has been mostly around town, but my truck gets 15-16 around
town and 17-19 on the highway. If I was to go fill up now, I'm confident
I'd have most of a half-tank left.
I don't know why it does this.. makes it kind of tricky to figure out
exactly when to fill up.
-- Later, Jon jonsdak@midmaine.com http://jonsdakota.tripod.com 1996 Dodge Dakota Sport 4X4, 3.9L V6, 42RE, 3.92:1 8.75 axle, "BackRack" Headache Rack, Dodge Motorsports decals, steering wheel cover, and front license plate, diamond-plate bedrail covers, Lund VentVisors, Lund BugShield, Jensen MP-3310 CD/MP3 Receiver ""Vic"" <ib4x4@satx.rr.com> wrote in message news:008601c22c35$4cfa5c00$9000a8c0@grinch... > > In the past month or so my Dakota decided to tell me it was out of gas a few > times when I had plenty left. > > The first time it happened when I first started the truck, got the chimes > and the gauge was pegged at empty, plus my overhead computer shows distance > to empty was zero. I didn't happen to have my wallet when this happened, so > I had to run home to get money, then right as I pulled into the gas station > the gauge went up to about half a tank. This has happened a couple of times > since then and I haven't really noticed a pattern. The first time it > happened was right after I installed my powergate. I had a little problem > with wiring the powergate, so I had tapped a few wires that didn't work. > There might be a couple of wires that have very small bare spots from being > tapped, so I am going to go back and cover them to see if the problem goes > away. > > I'd be curious to know if either of you had noticed this after messing with > any of your wiring. > > > "Jack Snodgrass" <jack+dml@cybermail.net> wrote in message > news:<MPG.179b31c0b1225954989687@news.dakota-truck.net>... > > > > In article <001601c22b33$1f584440$e54cef41@kwreimer>, kwreimer@msn.com > > says... > > > > > > Relax. > > > > > > My gas guage did some funky stuff once..... I knew that it > > was doing funky stuff... and I STILL ran out of gas. I was > > 1 mile from the closest gas station. I was pissed. I told > > myself the night before... 'remember to get gas in the > > morning... you can't make it to work on what you've got...' > > > > > > After I ran out of gas, the guage started working again. > > > > jack > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: Andy Levy <andylevy@yahoo.com> > > > To: <dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net> > > > Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2002 8:42 PM > > > Subject: DML: Gas gauge did something funky today.... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Got in the truck to go out for breakfast this morning and the dash > chime > > > > rang twice. Didn't see anything weird, but I shut down anyway. > Started > > > > back up and everything was OK. > > > > > > > > Got on the road and I noticed that with 120 miles on this tank of gas, > I > > > > had only half a tank indicated left. 2/3 of that was highway miles - > no > > > > way is my mileage THAT bad! Over time, however, the needle kept > coming > > > > "up" and finally got to where it should have been (1/3 tank burned). > > > > > > > > Any ideas on why I'd get a wildly wrong reading on the gas gauge? > > > > Something else get dirty last weekend just now it manifests itself? > > > > -- > > > > -andy > > > > andylevy@yahoo.com > > > > Maintainer, DML FAQ - http://www.dakota-truck.net/faq/ > > > > http://home.twcny.rr.com/andylevy/dakota/ > > > > '99 CC 4x4 318 auto > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
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