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Old 07-14-2010, 10:22 AM   #13
mikepieronek
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Re: 95 fuel gauge bounces around

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Originally Posted by ricksza View Post
The problem with your old sensor was the contacts are a very light gage metal that are eaten away by the new composition gasolines (at least that's what GM says). If you look very closely at it, you can see what I'm talking about.
Unfortunately, the sensor in my 95 Blazer is not replaceable except as the complete unit to the tune of about $400 which I already did a couple of years ago. If mine was $20, I would try it again, but mine is acting more like a buffer problem.
I didn't realize they were different.

My sensor did have worn contacts as you said. The bigger problem was lots of play in the pivot. The contacts on the swing arm wouldn't touch the contacts because of all the slop in the joint.

My new sender/sensor pivot was so tight I had to add weight to the swing arm. It would read full all the time because the float wouldn't fall and contact the gasoline.
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