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Old 05-28-2003, 01:26 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Fuel Guage Problem...

Last night when I went to go start my car, I noticed that my fuel guage read "empty". And about 7 hours before when I parked the car, I know I had 3/4 tank. Well, I started driving down the road and about every 3-4 minutes, a mark would increase in fuel until it got back to its normal position on the guage. Anyone else have this problem?
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Old 05-28-2003, 02:59 PM   #2 (permalink)
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The same thing happened to me after my car sat a whole week without driving.

When I got it started, the fuel gauge measured 3 bars and after about 5 minutes of driving, it got back up to the 1/2 tank mark.

was your car sitting for a while or parked on a slope?
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Your fuel level sender is going bad. I used to see it all the time when I worked at Honda.
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My car was probably sitting for about 7 hours. I don't think it was really on a slope at all. Is there any way to replace the fuel level sender?
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when does your gas light come on? i usually have about 4 to 4.5 gallons left when the light comes on....it's an odd little thing...
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So should I just wait until that light comes on every time and then fill up the tank or what? I kinda wanna see if there is any way to replace that sensor.
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I kinda wanna see if there is any way to replace that sensor.
There is. I have this same problem in my 5th Gen although not ALL the time which is strange. I even made a post in the 5th Gen forum with a link to this.
From reading my Helm last night I found out that they have a whole section on troubleshooting this problem.
You can even find the parts you need at www.hondaautomotiveparts.com
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