Loose wire, bad fuel density, a gas float (part of sender) with a
leak.........
TonyC
-----Original Message-----
From: Derek A - Central IL <da97dakota@earthlink.net>
To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
Date: Thursday, July 22, 2004 10:16 AM
Subject: DML: Fuel Gauge Problems
>
>Yesterday I was getting back from lunch, and as I went to park at work I
heard
> the chime notice that I was low on fuel.... that's funny, I'd just put gas
in the
> night before, and punched the trip odo, and had only gone 117 miles...
sounds
> fishy.
>
>The gauge goes completely empty. After work I started the truck ('97 Dak
SLT
> ClubCab w/3.9) up and after a few seconds of running, the gauge returned
> to normal. This happened at least a half-dozen times on the way home,
that
> the gauge would cut out, then back on.
>
>Has anyone else experienced this problem before? How many sensors and
> other crap is tied in with the fuel level signal? Or is it just 3
things - Sending
> unit in tank / wiring / gauge in dash? On the GM vehicles I'm used to
working
> on, all it is is 1 grounding wire going to the tank, and the varying
resistance on
> the wire is the signal.... a shorted/grounded wire would read 0 and an
open
> would peg the gauge full....... are the Dakotas set up the same way?
>
>Does the computer read the fuel level or anything.... anything getting
screwed
> up if I drive the truck for a few days before working on it?
>
>Thanks for any assistance!
>
>Derek A
>
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