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Old Aug 28, 2007 | 05:35 PM
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Gas gauge doesn't work, stuck

My gass gauge is stuck at half a tank. I took it to the dealership and they checked everything and concluded that it was the cluster and ordered a new one under warranty. I got the car back today and went to fill the tank and guess what, it's still stuck at half a tank. Any ideas what censors, computer, wires or connections I can tell them to check since they don't seem to have any idea how to fix it? Has this happened to anyone else? It sucks not knowing exactly how much gas you have in the tank.
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Old Aug 28, 2007 | 05:39 PM
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help

did you do any mods to the car. if you installed a fuel pump you might have not connected everything correctly.
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Old Aug 28, 2007 | 05:39 PM
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Its likley the float in the tank and not in the cluster
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Old Aug 28, 2007 | 05:41 PM
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Could be the float in the gas tank.
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Old Aug 28, 2007 | 05:50 PM
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The car is and always has been 100% stock. How do you go about fixing the float problem if that's what it is, is it a PITA?
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Old Aug 28, 2007 | 07:00 PM
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You'll need to remove the fuel pump assembly and check it out. It may either be stuck in a fixed position or faulty.

Anyways It takes about 10 min to remove the assembly. Pop the bottom (bench part) of your back seat out and you'll see the circle of screws holding in the assembly on the drivers side.
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Old Aug 28, 2007 | 07:22 PM
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its mos tlikely the float
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Old Aug 28, 2007 | 07:31 PM
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Just upgrade to a Walboro while you're at it. The float is your fuel level sender to your gas gauge. Take that stock one off, and since you're there switch it out to a 255 Mitsubishi techs. don't know shee***t.
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Old Aug 28, 2007 | 07:38 PM
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Probably the float. I always fill up from 3/4 tank full and occasionally from the 1/2 tank mark. So once or twice after filling up it took about 5 minutes for the gauge to read full tank. I guess the float was getting stuck, but that was a while ago and it hasnt happened again.
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Old Aug 28, 2007 | 08:00 PM
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Originally Posted by gsrboi80
Its likley the float in the tank and not in the cluster
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glad to see your dealership is on top of things....
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Old Aug 28, 2007 | 08:04 PM
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Just upgrade to a Walboro while you're at it. The float is your fuel level sender to your gas gauge. Take that stock one off, and since you're there switch it out to a 255 Mitsubishi techs. don't know shee***t.

dont upgrade to a walbro.... hes stock and its not necessary on an 8 til you install cams.



www.evomoto.com


There is a write pictures on there.


Cheers!
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Old Aug 28, 2007 | 08:10 PM
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Originally Posted by 4 Wheel Slide
dont upgrade to a walbro.... hes stock and its not necessary on an 8 til you install cams.



www.evomoto.com


There is a write pictures on there.


Cheers!

true , but if he is taking it out, might as well replace it with 255 that is cheap and will need later on anyways
http://evomoto.com/tech_info.php?tPa...2d50f5d386116f
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Old Oct 20, 2007 | 12:19 PM
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so how does the float get stuck?
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Old Oct 20, 2007 | 12:23 PM
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I have had floater issues as well. Mainly on the passenger side floater. I have a new one on the way to see if that solves any problems. Keep us posted if you get it fixed because I have the same problem.
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Old Oct 20, 2007 | 01:14 PM
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Agreed. Might as well change out the fuel pump to a 255. It won't give him any more gas than his motor already demands.

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