Fuel Guage problem - NJFBOA - Home of New Jersey's Camaros and Firebirds

Razorclaw99 · 02-12-2008, 12:09 AM

Everytime i start my car the needle is below E. Once i start driving it slowly goes up to where its supposed to be. i was idling waiting for inspection and it dropped to E. Started driving again, it went up. WTF is going on? Fuel sending unit bad or loose connection?

WildBillyT · 02-12-2008, 09:35 AM

Sounds like a sending unit problem to me. My '97 GTP had a similar issue (bad sender) but the gauge went all the way to F instead of E.

I would check your grounds first as it's the cheapest but then start looking into a sender.

Razorclaw99 · 02-12-2008, 01:53 PM

how come it fixes itself slowly when i drive? I thought if its bad its just gonna stay on E forever

WildBillyT · 02-12-2008, 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Razorclaw99

how come it fixes itself slowly when i drive? I thought if its bad its just gonna stay on E forever

Could be only when the sender is in a particular position. That's how mine was.

Razorclaw99 · 02-12-2008, 02:34 PM

will it eventually just die completely

WildBillyT · 02-12-2008, 03:56 PM

Not sure. Mine was like that for two years. But it's something you want to get fixed. You don't want to run out of gas somewhere.