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Old 11-04-2010, 03:16 PM   #15 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by antennahead View Post
Mine just did this on the present tank of gas, was down only one light and I had driven over 60 miles........ then all of a sudden it started moving again. It can be confusing anyway, as the movement is not linear under normal conditions. I always reset my "A" trip odometer to zero everytime I fill up, so I have a back up just in case.
That's what just happened this morning - when I started the Z this morning the gauge was suddenly down 3 LEDs.

Last night the gauge was still reading full, but the "Range" display seemed to be showing the correct range - about 300 miles. Using an average MPG of about 20MPG that was displayed, that indicates that the tank has about 15 gallons left - definitely not full. So it would seem that the sender is working like it should, but the display is not (either the display itself is bad or something strange is going on with the ECU). And now it's working again like it should - very strange...
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