Gas Gauge f'd up - Honda Prelude Forum

payyourtoll · 07-30-2002, 07:39 AM

Another indiglo nightmare. The gas gauge on the prelude Im buying is completely off. It only goes to 1/2 tank when you fill up. I have a brand new gas, speedo, odo cluster; but Im hoping I wont have to replace it, this would be a pain.

Aside from filling the tank up and manually re-positioning the gas needle to where I think it should go, do I have any other options here ?

thanks

cowboijeff · 07-30-2002, 10:01 AM

is the overlay (the indiglo) rubbing the needle at a certain point if so this will prevent it from moving.

LudeSER13 · 07-30-2002, 10:42 AM

i had the same problem with that POS indiglo. i took it off already but left my gas gauge all fvcked up........

Joon525 · 07-30-2002, 10:43 AM

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Originally posted by payyourtoll
I have a brand new gas, speedo, odo cluster; but Im hoping I wont have to replace it, this would be a pain.

Nah it's really easy. I could meet you after work and do it for you if you wanted.

payyourtoll · 07-30-2002, 11:07 AM

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Originally posted by Joon525

Nah it's really easy. I could meet you after work and do it for you if you wanted.

Im sure its easy, I just dont want to reset the odometer back to 0. When I need to sell I could see this being an issue.

speedy- the needles dont touch the gauge overlays, the original owner just moved the needle when the cluster was off the car.

Joon525 · 07-30-2002, 04:00 PM

Could remove the gas guage out of the new one and put in the the place of the defective one?

DJ Mugen · 07-30-2002, 04:07 PM

u should try this mines is off but not mess up fill up your tank remove gaugesw then move the needile up to the top mines is about a gallon off so that means i allways have extra gass in the tank...

payyourtoll · 07-31-2002, 06:09 AM

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Originally posted by Joon525
Could remove the gas guage out of the new one and put in the the place of the defective one?

Im pretty sure that the gas gauge is part of the odo/speedo/gas cluster, dont think that you can isolate one piece; but not 100% because I dont have this part yet. Picking the car and this piece up tonight.

djmugen - I'll probably end up doing this since I dont want to pay Honda to fix it.

w0rdie · 07-31-2002, 06:25 AM

I would think calibration on the fuel gauge would be simple... like you said.. fill it up, and put the needle on F

payyourtoll · 07-31-2002, 06:26 AM

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Originally posted by w0rdie
I would think calibration on the fuel gauge would be simple... like you said.. fill it up, and put the needle on F

Can anyone PLEASE top off their tank and post up a pic of where the needle sits ?

axion68 · 07-31-2002, 10:55 AM

I just filled up but I'm waiting for the needle to go all the way up.

But normally when I top it off (when it won't hold anymore, even a drop) it ends up right at the F line, so I would put it there.

w0rdie · 07-31-2002, 11:01 AM

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Originally posted by payyourtoll

Can anyone PLEASE top off their tank and post up a pic of where the needle sits ?

I would but I filled up last night... my tank has about 20 miles gone out of it.

payyourtoll · 07-31-2002, 11:15 AM

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Originally posted by JakeTheSlayer
I just filled up but I'm waiting for the needle to go all the way up.

But normally when I top it off (when it won't hold anymore, even a drop) it ends up right at the F line, so I would put it there.

My 97 went above F when topped off.

axion68 · 07-31-2002, 08:05 PM

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Originally posted by payyourtoll

My 97 went above F when topped off.

someone put indiglos on mine before I got it, and I'm thinking they removed the gas needle. It doesn't bother me, but it went right up to the full line topped off. It does however go way down before the light comes on. Either way I just look at the milleage and how hard I've been driving it, at 300 miles is when I start to fill up.