2000 fuel gauge / pump ?
#1
2000 fuel gauge / pump ?
2000 with a brand new dealer installed complete pump broke down on vacation ( over $1200.00 ) 15 months ago . About 2 weeks ago it started to idle rough in the mornings and would be fine driving after warmed up .
Thursday driving down the highway all of a sudden the gauge drops past empty and the low fuel light comes on . This happens at even after being topeed off or any amount of fuel in the tank . At any moment it will work correctly again or drop again . All other gauges in the panel work correctly .
It would appear that the fuel level portion of the tank unit is failing ?
Any suggestions ?
Thanks for your help .
Thursday driving down the highway all of a sudden the gauge drops past empty and the low fuel light comes on . This happens at even after being topeed off or any amount of fuel in the tank . At any moment it will work correctly again or drop again . All other gauges in the panel work correctly .
It would appear that the fuel level portion of the tank unit is failing ?
Any suggestions ?
Thanks for your help .
#2
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Welcome to the forum.
First thing I'd try for the rough idle would be to run a couple of bottles of Techron thru it.
For the fuel gauge, your guess is probably right since it triggers the low fuel lite although it's possibly a bad connection since it seems intermittent.
First thing I'd try for the rough idle would be to run a couple of bottles of Techron thru it.
For the fuel gauge, your guess is probably right since it triggers the low fuel lite although it's possibly a bad connection since it seems intermittent.
#3
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2000 with a brand new dealer installed complete pump broke down on vacation ( over $1200.00 ) 15 months ago . About 2 weeks ago it started to idle rough in the mornings and would be fine driving after warmed up .
Thursday driving down the highway all of a sudden the gauge drops past empty and the low fuel light comes on . This happens at even after being topeed off or any amount of fuel in the tank . At any moment it will work correctly again or drop again . All other gauges in the panel work correctly .
It would appear that the fuel level portion of the tank unit is failing ?
Any suggestions ?
Thanks for your help .
Thursday driving down the highway all of a sudden the gauge drops past empty and the low fuel light comes on . This happens at even after being topeed off or any amount of fuel in the tank . At any moment it will work correctly again or drop again . All other gauges in the panel work correctly .
It would appear that the fuel level portion of the tank unit is failing ?
Any suggestions ?
Thanks for your help .
Or could be bad Instrument cluster, does the gauge sweep when you start the car? If so, its good, if not, its not.
#4
Administrator
I'm thinking along the same lines as RacerX, I would suspect a possible loose or poor connection at the fuel pump connector or possibly they pinched some wires while re-installing the tank..
Also I second 73shark suggestion on the Techron... if a couple of bottles in a tank of gas show improvement in the idle you might consider servicing the injectors
Also I second 73shark suggestion on the Techron... if a couple of bottles in a tank of gas show improvement in the idle you might consider servicing the injectors
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