Whacky fuel guage

[Gems]

Originally Posted by bnaylor

Hey Bob, Happy New Year. If I didn't know any better I'd say it sounds like you are getting geared up or OJTing to replace a fuel pump. Is it still acting up?

Happy New Year to you also Bob... I apologize to "zoemayne" if it appears that I am hijacking this thread... I am not... I'm just learning what I can in anticipation of my own fuel pump replacement... To answer your question Bob, YES, it's still acting up VERY intermittantly... In fact, about 1 hour after picking the car up from the local dealer who had just replaced a busted CV boot we ran some errands, starting and stopping the car several times... Sure enough, one time it didn't want to restart until after we let the car sit for 5 minutes... So one of the possible flaky items on my list is the fuel pump itself, so I'm filling my brain up with information on the job!... I enjoy making myself crazy BTW, what does "OJTing" mean?... Sorry again "zoemayne"...

[BNaylor]

Originally Posted by Gems

Happy New Year to you also Bob... I apologize to "zoemayne" if it appears that I am hijacking this thread... I am not... I'm just learning what I can in anticipation of my own fuel pump replacement... To answer your question Bob, YES, it's still acting up VERY intermittantly... In fact, about 1 hour after picking the car up from the local dealer who had just replaced a busted CV boot we ran some errands, starting and stopping the car several times... Sure enough, one time it didn't want to restart until after we let the car sit for 5 minutes... So one of the possible flaky items on my list is the fuel pump itself, so I'm filling my brain up with information on the job!... I enjoy making myself crazy BTW, what does "OJTing" mean?... Sorry again "zoemayne"...

That is a good decision. Better to be prepared. OJT= On the Job Training...lol.

Good luck and we hope you get the issue resolved.

[zoemayne]

well I got it installed............record time 20 hrs. but apparently the pump is bad. it said low as i expected when i started it up. i went to the gas station put 8 gallons and the meter read the car was 2/3 full. then when i drove off i hit a corner amazingly the gas increased. so today I went to a gas station and fulled it up this time and it still read 2/3 full. Also the meter was jumping from full to low(less frequently). i bought the pump used........... I may just buy a new pump. or I may just buy the meter (i dont know if i can uninstall this pump without breaking it.) disappointing.

[Lenta]

hey guys,

I was talking about my problem that is Sensor level for Chevy Impala-01 3.8 of this part in the pic below:


But don't be surprace and tell me please: WHY the sensor level in the dash of the car shows Zero or Full and jumps from a level to level?
I mean, becouse a wire, or stick or what part of the Sensor was broken< is broken, or disconnected or by what reason it show this?
Hole unit is 4160, just the Sensor is $80. But maybe I can to fix a broken part of Sensor and just to put beack the same part again?
Please can someone explane me that?

[pcos_us]

I replaced mine this weekend. Not to dificult. Couple of hours.

Got the replacment off the web for $106 including shipping.

I took these pictures to help remember how to put it back together

http://picasaweb.google.com/pacostel...mpLevelSensor#

[BNaylor]

Originally Posted by pcos_us

I replaced mine this weekend. Not to dificult. Couple of hours.

Got the replacment off the web for $106 including shipping.

I took these pictures to help remember how to put it back together

http://picasaweb.google.com/pacostel...mpLevelSensor#

Thanks for contributing to the forum. However, this is an old thread so it has been closed.