[markwb]

Originally Posted by dmcfan

Hello I just bought today a 96 SSE. There are two problems I have noted and wished I did before I bought it. The first is that the fuel gauge reads different everytime I start the car and when I drive. The other is the engine temp gauge moves when I accelerate. Shouldn't this be a stationary gauge? It sometimes makes it to the red when I accelerate but once I am coasting it goes back towards 220 ish. Please help a new owner. Thanks

That 220 ish sounds kind of high as if you're overheating slightly. Or maybe a prob with the eng coolant temp. sensor (ECT) or the way the PCM interprets it, either way I would be checking out the ect, t-stat, or the gauge. A good coolant system flush would be in order. How many miles on the car? That engine should come up to approx. 200 degrees f and maintain when at operating temperature.