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Old 02-09-2011, 07:31 AM
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why when i accelerate hard, when i have about a quarter tank, it gas guage goes to E and sometimes the low fuel light turns on. after about a minuet or so, the gauge will return to normal. this also happens if i coast in neutral. is this a saftey feature or is it broken??


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Old 02-09-2011, 10:58 PM
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fuel moves from one end of the tank to the other. incidentally this takes it from the float so it drops to E as its in a fixed position and doesn't follow the fuel.
 
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Old 02-09-2011, 11:08 PM
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Also the fuel gauge doesn't receive/send information in real time there is about a five second delay which adds to the lapse in information.
 
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Old 02-09-2011, 11:20 PM
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I have the same problem with my full size exeptits the other way around so when I accellerate it goes up and when braking it goes down... I have yet to solve the problem
 
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