BrendonSAIT Posted October 20, 2004 Report Posted October 20, 2004 hey everyone... ever since i got it, my lumina's been having some trouble making up her mind. one minute, the gas gauge reads half full... the next it's almost empty. It usually only does this when i'm below a half tank, above, it doesn't move too much. it's been getting annoying lately because it'll go WAY down past the bloody empty sign, then come only about half way back to where it was. any easy way to fix this without pulling the tank out and addressing the floater? Thanks Quote
White93z34 Posted October 20, 2004 Report Posted October 20, 2004 i believe your problem is that you own a early 90's gm car, the gas gauge past half is not accurate at all. it's something to get used to. Edit: personally i use my trip counter to measure how much gas i have left, generally 300miles means i'm almost empty. Quote
BrendonSAIT Posted October 20, 2004 Author Report Posted October 20, 2004 lol, yeah, that would work... except... i'd run my tank dry before i counted 1km... my trip meter has been stuck at 0000000km for YEARS lol thanks though Quote
White93z34 Posted October 20, 2004 Report Posted October 20, 2004 i'm tempted to pull apart my spare cluster and see what may break that lets the trip meeter not count. i know sometimes after i reset mine it may not start counting again and sometimes i have to push the reset button a few times. Quote
supreme_style21 Posted October 20, 2004 Report Posted October 20, 2004 i'm tempted to pull apart my spare cluster and see what may break that lets the trip meeter not count. i know sometimes after i reset mine it may not start counting again and sometimes i have to push the reset button a few times. I remember I hit that reset once in my old car and the actual odometer stopped turning! I hit it and it started again :? Quote
C.J. Posted October 20, 2004 Report Posted October 20, 2004 I have found that pushing the reset in and letting it snap back out seem to get it working again. Sometimes it takes a couple of trys Quote
midnight rider Posted October 20, 2004 Report Posted October 20, 2004 My 91 lumina did the same thing. I always kept more than a 1/2 tank in it though...lol Quote
GP1138 Posted October 22, 2004 Report Posted October 22, 2004 My trip OD has been stuck at half of 2 and 00 since I've had the car. The button jams easily. I haven't needed to use it, though I've seen the gas gauge fluctuate. When it gets below the line, it generally seems to just fly to "E". It's freaky, I don't want to be stranded Quote
C.J. Posted October 22, 2004 Report Posted October 22, 2004 Ya it's nuts, I can get over 400km (250miles) from the first half and if I am lucky I get 150km (95miles) from the second half. Quote
1990lumina Posted October 23, 2004 Report Posted October 23, 2004 Haha, but it's fun to have less then a quarter left in the tank then a take corner really fast and watch the guage go past the empty mark then back up lol. I usual fill up when I hit the first yellow line even though the owner's manual says there will be gas remaining even after the guage is really empty.. I too use the trip meter and can usually get 550-600km from a tank, but only 200km of that is form the last half of the guage. When I fill my car the guage goes way past the full mark, so maybe thats why.. - Jeff L. Quote
test4echo Posted October 24, 2004 Report Posted October 24, 2004 Yup, trip guage has been gone for 2 years on my 92 Z34 Lummi as well. Wish I knew how to fix it.........hummm... test, Quote
White93z34 Posted October 24, 2004 Report Posted October 24, 2004 me thinks i should investigate and do a write up of how to fix this. Quote
jeremy Posted October 24, 2004 Report Posted October 24, 2004 I love my low fuel light.....my gauge does work correctly too though... Quote
sl3196 Posted October 24, 2004 Report Posted October 24, 2004 I love my low fuel light. I love my 3 low fuel warning lights. Quote
Justin Posted October 24, 2004 Report Posted October 24, 2004 I love people that love their low fuel lights. We have had a few people come into the dealership as no starts with absolutely no gas in their tanks. We throw a couple gallons in, they start right up. We'll ask them, why didn't you gas up when you saw the fuel was low? Because my low fuel light didn't come on. The best is when the car isn't even equipped with one. That's when we charge them the 1 hour diagnostic/stupidity fee. If people are that damn stupid to let their gas run out and not know what's wrong, they deserve a hit to the wallet. They'll never learn otherwise. Quote
skiiirt Posted October 24, 2004 Report Posted October 24, 2004 If my trip odometer breaks I dont know what I would do.. Right now its my rolling counter for how many miles are on my new engine. Since it seems damn near impossible or too expensive to roll back the original miles on the OD I'm hoping it never breaks Quote
jeremy Posted October 24, 2004 Report Posted October 24, 2004 Right now its my rolling counter for how many miles are on my new engine. you do know that it rolls over after 1000 miles, right? Quote
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