Water in the tank caused sender false reading, add some alcohol gas type to
mix and burn off water in tank
Jimmy Knox.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Zito, James A (GE Infra, Energy)" <james.zito@ge.com>
To: "Dakota list (E-mail)" <dml@dakota-truck.net>
Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 10:09 AM
Subject: DML: Odd happening
>
> Got stuck in CT traffic on 95, imagine that who'd expect heavy traffic in
> CT on 95 with all the other interstate options heading east - west. So I
> pulled off to go around the mess and all of a sudden noticed that my fuel
> gage was on E and the "feed me" light was starting at me with its evil
> orange glow. Looked at my miles since last fill up, hmmn only
> 180...shouldn't it be at least 230+++??? Weird, maybe I took some road
> debris and have a hole in the tank or broke a line. Pull into gas station
> crawl under truck, no gas smell, no apparent damage, well let's try and
> turn the truck back on, and what do you know I had about 1/2 a tank.
>
> Any ideas on why the 'puter would tell me I was on the fumes when I
> wasn't??
>
> This was Saturday and I haven't had the problem again.
>
>
> Jim
> 03 CC Dak, 2 pistons short of a full load.....
>
>
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