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Mr.scotty
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Apr 14, 2011, 9:48 AM
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99 taurus gas gauge
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The gas gauge on my mothers 99 taurus wagon is crazy.
The low fuel light comes on and the gauge read E when the tank still has 5gal left in it, I know this cause it has a 16gal tank and when she fills it up it takes 11gal when the light was on.
I hate to say but i've heard it could be the sending unit.
Any idea's?
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(This post was edited by Mr.scotty on Apr 14, 2011, 9:49 AM)
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Hammer Time
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Apr 14, 2011, 10:11 AM
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You heard correctly. You may also find it to just be an engineering flaw in the system too.
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Apr 14, 2011, 10:40 AM
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My input: Don't wait for car to tell you when to get fuel - fill it up and reset trip odometer and refill by miles. Neat tricky stuff will fail over time. Check oil manually and don't count on that foolishness either. That neat stuff can fail and does. Car will fail if not paid attention to,
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Mr.scotty
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Apr 14, 2011, 3:34 PM
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Do you think it would be ok to replace the sending unit with one from a junkyard?
We don't have alot of money to work with.
Thanks again for your help!
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Apr 14, 2011, 3:39 PM
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It's a big gamble. The sulfur in the fuel deteriorates them and sitting around in a junkyard with stale fuel isn't a good thing. The float assembly is usually sold separately from the fuel pump and isn't that expensive.
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Mr.scotty
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Apr 14, 2011, 3:59 PM
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I looked on autozone and they don't even carry it.
Do you happen to know a place that does?
Cause if it cheap enough I'll do the new one.
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Apr 14, 2011, 4:00 PM
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No, they won't. That's a dealer item.
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Mr.scotty
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Apr 14, 2011, 5:40 PM
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NAPA has it but they want $200 bucks.
The only way i could afford it is if it was a used part.
Ok,Atleast i know what the problem is though.
Thank you very much for your help sir, you've been great help with all my questions so far.
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Apr 14, 2011, 5:48 PM
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OK, but I don't see how paying $100 for a bad one is any better.
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Apr 14, 2011, 8:03 PM
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hello everyone,
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Mr.scotty
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Apr 14, 2011, 9:46 PM
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My local junkyard's price list says $17 bucks.
But getting it out in a junkyard is the hard part.
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