Busting the non believers

[Gregte]

Originally Posted by extragoode

I had my s10 for 10 years and my gas gauge lied to me exactly ONCE!...... I don't know why it stuck just that one time. Crazy stuff happens. This was an inline 4, 2.2 liter that had almost 180k miles on it when I sold it...

I have a GMC Sonoma and its fuel gage can lie but there is a reason for it. The connection from the harness to the instrument panel is of such a design that it invites oxidation and then a less than perfect (perfect being a very low resistance) connection.

The solution is to take out the instrument panel, clean the connections and then apply a film of grease on them before reconnecting them.

I would guess that something similar to this happens to a lot of vehicles thus giving inconsistent readings.