inaccurate gas guage readings

I have a 98 jeep wrangler 4 cyl and for the last few months I have been watching the gas guage and realizing that when the guage reads empty and I go to fill up it still has 5 gallons of gas left in the tank. It is really annoying because I am never sure how much gas I have left in the tank. Any suggestions on the problem or a fix?

Thanks to all who reply.

Sounds like the sending unit in the tank isn't reporting the correct amount. Nice safety feature actually. :)

Do you have the light that comes on indicating close to empty? It's supposed to come on when there's 2-3 gallons remaining, and might be something you can rely on.

My 97 came on almost exactly when I had 3 gallons remaining.

So is there a way of fixing the problem without having to remove the gas tank?

I have a 98 jeep wrangler 4 cyl and for the last few months I have been watching the gas guage and realizing that when the guage reads empty and I go to fill up it still has 5 gallons of gas left in the tank. It is really annoying because I am never sure how much gas I have left in the tank. Any suggestions on the problem or a fix?

Thanks to all who reply.


Its a Jeep thing deal with it:grinno: :grinno: :grinno:

I do and just look more at my odometer readings and when i get about 220 miles on it a go gas up..


But you would think that the JEEP company would have taken something like this into consideration for fixing.

Happy Jeepin