gas gauge

[per0781]

when my gas gauge reads below half a tank, it seems to decrease faster then when its above half a tank. My driving habits dont change. When my gas gauge reads under 1/4 tank, i'll put 10 bucks (around 6 gallons) of gas in, and when I start the car the gas gauge will be just shy of 3/4 of a tank. Any suggestion on whats going on? Thanx

[kiwi133]

As the GM dealers would say, "oh that? um, thats normal"

 

Unfortunatly this is normal. Both my luminas do it.

[ismellrealbad]

it is totally normal. my 91 LE did it and my 89se did it. wbodies arent the only ones too. my friends TA does it....and my car hangs on F for a while, but once it breaks loose it goes down evenly

[Brian P]

Welcome to having a GM car butthole! I got 5 of em to prove it, though the 02 is very accurate

[SmokesGTP]

Yeah every single GM gas gauge that I have ever seen is not linear. It sticks then falls a signifigant amount. I love the one in the Bonneville too that falls down an 1/8 of a tank when you get into warning area to scare you into getting gas.

[hazmatic]

just be thankful ur car didnt do wut my did to me today

 

frst of we finished puttin on the 20" spinners n dropped the car n i wanted to sho them off(to bad the rest of my car looks like shit) i went to the gas station to fill my tank so i can drive around all night wit my gurl showin off the rims n as im at the 20 dolla mark (i was on e) someone pulls up behind me n says ur leakin really bad buddie finally at 22 n some change the pump starts(my tank must be full) i go look under my car n there is like a fuckin watterfall of gas comin from the top of my tank??? i pull away (paid with my debt card) n pull inot my drive way n look n im no longer leakin gas n my meter says full. i was able to drive around all night like i wanted n whe i stopped to eat at my house at like 11 my car wuz sittin for an hour but when i shut my car off it read 3/4 of a tank i get out side startr the car n it reads 1/2 of a tank get down the street it reads 3/4 of a tank again im like wtf is my correct readin then befo i pull into the gas station to buy a soda (had 4 bucks on me) i buy the soda handed dude the 4 bucks n told him to use the rest for gas in pump 1 get in my car started it up n it said a lil more then 3/4 of a tank

[per0781]

I have also driven on the highway for 5 miles with no gas being registered on the gauge and the LOW light flashing like this:

 

LOW LOW LOW LOW LOW LOW LOW LOW LOW LOW LOW LOW LOW LOW LOW LOW LOW LOW LOW LOW

 

lol sorry im tired

[Brian P]

On the '90 I can get about 85-100 miles before the gas gauge even loses 1 bar! The '89 is more civilized, but the low light will flash and it'll still have 4-5 gals in there

[per0781]

my garage/driveway is GM owned

[SmokesGTP]

Yeah I have found that on my GP when the low light comes on I have about 2.5 gallons left. They make it seems like your gonna run out any second. I guess they have to do it for the idiots.

[kfahn]

thanks to the DIC, it tells me that i have about 4-5 gallons left when i hit 'E'

[per0781]

and you would think GM would have the area of gas gauges down. So why are they so unaccurate?

[Brian P]

and you would think GM would have the area of gas gauges down. So why are they so unaccurate?

 

I dunno, GM seemed to go downhill with gauge packages on everything after 1994

[93Luminanewb]

Whenever I go around a turn and I'm at 1/2 a tank, the gauge will go down to E, the car will sputter, and then the gauge goes up to 1/4, goes to 1/2. I'll go around a turn again, same thing. It's pretty annoying.

[cutlassdude96]

GM sure does have wierd gas gages, the Calais does the same thing it will be on E then goes up to 1/4 when you go around a corner then back down. The Cutlass dosent as much as the Calais does, itll be on a little over 1/4 tank when moving then come to a stop it will dip just be low 1/4 mark and back up just past the mark when you take off.

[mdelorie]

Am I the only one without a low fuel light?

 

I really wish I had one... anyone have any ideas on rectifying this situation?

[Bolt_Crank]

heh, when my Lumina is on 1/4 or so, on turns and such it generally goes from 1/2 tank to E, but it doesn't sputter or anything although, once, I had it go all the way to full.... :shock:

 

and it'll stick past F for the first 100KM or so (I put more than just the first stop of the pump in, especially if I'm going on a long trip...)

 

 

never ran out of gas yet

[Dannymik]

My Cutlass does that same shit when its full...seems like it will stay there for like 3 days then go a 1/4 down in one turn. I wish I had a DIC for it.

[kiwi133]

I don't know if I have a low fuel light either. It seemed like if I had one it would have come on this one time I was on E for a while. I could take turns and the needle would still stay dead at E.

 

I can fill mine till the needle is like another quarter past full. And if I drive on the highway I can get like 120-140 miles before the needle even reaches the full mark.