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Originally Posted by texanidiot25
A level sending unit is such a simple piece, I doubt there will be a mass of problems with it, like some are suggesting. In reality, what percentage of fuel sending units actually go bad? The pumps die before a variable resistor does.. Of the things to measure on a guage, I have no complaint at oil level. You don't pop your radiator cap to check coolant temp do you?
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And those of us who've had a GM "W"-Body with the Buick 3800 engine, will now raise their hands.
Sending unit went, fuel pump still doing fine. Luckily there was a "fuel used" calculator in the on-board computer, and that plus judicious use of the trip odometer, and it wasn't a big deal.
(Not that I'm complaining - despite the occasional fuel sending unit going, or intermediate steering shaft needing lubed, the ol' Impala was a great car, and I gave it to my dad. It's 10 years old with 150,000 miles on it and still going strong -- he just drove it down and back to Florida, actually. I kept my wife's 2006 Pontiac G6 GT. I kind of wish I'd kept the Impala and given him the G6. given the glitches I've had with the Pontiac, but that's another story...)