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Old 11-27-2008, 09:26 PM
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That means the car has a large reserve so ppl don't run out of gas.
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Old 11-27-2008, 09:30 PM
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My gauge works just fine. I have noticed the odd fuel level issue though. I never let it go below 1/4 so i cant speak about filling up on E and only getting 10gals in. I would suspect its a fuel level mechanism issue from the factory.
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Old 11-27-2008, 10:22 PM
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Yeah I only get about 200 to a tank as well. My gauge stays at full for the first 50 miles though
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Old 11-28-2008, 12:44 AM
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that wierd cause sometimes ill be at 50 miles and ill be at like a little less that 3/4 but then as i got farther down the guage the more miles seem to add up. so its really just about the large reserve that makes it seem that way?
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Old 11-28-2008, 09:14 AM
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mine works fine BUT, if you park facing up a slope it will read lower than what you actually have when you start it back up
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Old 11-28-2008, 10:17 AM
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Originally Posted by Jbauer
mine works fine


ohh crap, this one time though, i filled it up and as i was driving my gas guage dropped to ZERO
i was like 'o isht son, that aint funny, dis bich cost 5 dollars a gallon ***** frencha!" so i slammed on the frikin brakes, shut the engine off said a prayer and cranked the bitch back up and the POS read right that time..i was about to beat the living crap out of it son!
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Mine does this almost every time I fill up now. I was gonna start a thread about it but maybe somebody can help me out. Probably 75% of the time I fill up now my gauge drops all the way down as if it were turned off. Shortly after the check engine light comes on. It usually stays this way for a day or so then goes back to normal. I took it to a local shop because of the engine light, he hooked it up and said nothing was wrong so I just ignore it, but its aggervating. My gauge is also off a little only sometimesbut thats not a big deal.
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Old 11-28-2008, 10:28 AM
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Originally Posted by Pure Shadow77
that is wat happens to me i only get like 190 out of my car and when i go to fill it only fills like 10-11 gallons and i kno we hav a 14.5 gallon tank...WTFuxorz ppl????

Actually its a 15.7
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Old 11-28-2008, 11:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Brute03
mine works fine BUT, if you park facing up a slope it will read lower than what you actually have when you start it back up
woudn't it be down slope? i only say this cuz i park in my friends drive way almost everyday and in my impala the gas goes way down, but if i park it up slope the gas goes up..

but to op: i to get really crappy gas mileage, so im hoping that its my fuel gage reading it wrong, i duno..
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Old 11-28-2008, 11:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Pure Shadow77
that wierd cause sometimes ill be at 50 miles and ill be at like a little less that 3/4 but then as i got farther down the guage the more miles seem to add up. so its really just about the large reserve that makes it seem that way?
It's either a large reserve or as someone else just said the way ford programmed it. In any case, I am sure it was purposely done to prevent people from getting stranded and looking like an *** from running out of gas.
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Old 11-28-2008, 12:48 PM
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Originally Posted by avlon06
woudn't it be down slope? i only say this cuz i park in my friends drive way almost everyday and in my impala the gas goes way down, but if i park it up slope the gas goes up..
well i usually sit in my car for a few minutes after i get home and the low fuel light would pop on if i have <1/4 tank. this is with the car on an incline
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