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Old 03-09-2012, 01:24 PM
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alright yall i need some help on this cause im tired of guessing at how much gas i have lol....but anyway on to the problem, the day before i bought it, it was working, showing 1/4 tank, day i bought it, they filled it up for me...showed overfull, and has shown "overfull" ever since...
 
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Old 03-09-2012, 03:06 PM
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I'm gonna guess the float in the gas tank is stuck.
 
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Old 03-09-2012, 03:23 PM
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I'm gonna guess the float in the gas tank is stuck.
Could be.. run the tank down some and smack the bottom of tank with a 2x4, flatwise.
 
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Old 03-09-2012, 11:31 PM
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ive had the tank off and it moved just fine....could i be a fuse? or a loose ground?
 
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Old 03-10-2012, 03:45 AM
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If you can get ahold of some service information you can find the resistance values for the tank sender and check the resistance at various levels and see if it matches. That will give you the first clue about where the problem is. It could be with the gauge, with the sender, with the wiring, or somewhere else. Good troubleshooting will go a long way toward finding the problem and being able to correct it.
 
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