Now Im pissed.

[87anger]

if its a reman, then it could be the float module. take the sender out, get ur multimeter and put one to the wire coming out from the module, and the other to the assembly of the unit, set your meter to ohms and move the float around, you reading should change. im assuming your gauge is not working at all.

If you read I said my gas gauge is working, just not correctly. It went from full to 3/4 tank after 12 miles.

I agree with carrying a gas can...my gauge goes from 3/4 to 1/4 when the speedometer goes from 0 to 60...if I brake hard enough I can get a full tank out of it...

I've been using the odometer readings since I've owned the truck...I get receipts every time I get gas and write down the mileage each time...and there have been times when I have to do the math to see how much I have left and how far I can drive before I run out of gas...it's a pita at first but you get pretty good at guestimating...the spare can of gas helps when you're not that good at guestimating...

Yep I have been doing this as well. I just figured I could trust a gas gauge to give me a reading within 2 gallons, but I guess not...

I always thought that Ford gas gauges moved quicker from full to three quarters than it took from quarter to empty. But I wouldn't trust a gas gauge only your just asking to run out of gas.

Is there an aftermarket that would be less of a PITA than fixing the factory one?

I dont just trust the gas gauge, but I want to be able to look at it and get a ball park of how much gas I have left.
+1 An aftermarket gauge would be cool. Do they make them?

Anyone know how the factory gauge sytem works and what would have to be replaced to fix it?

 

[Ozwynn]

I don't trust any factory gauge on a 20 plus year old vehicle.......

 

[doorgunner]

I don't trust any factory gauge on a 20 plus year old vehicle.......

reminds me of a war story....

anyhow...I did the 1/4 tank fill-up-at-a-time....

1. drain tank...add gas til gauge says 1/4...note amount of gas added-5 gals

2. add moar gas til tank reads ...errr...gauge reads 1/2... ditto....5moar gals

3. ditto....gauge reads 3/4.....ditto....2.5 gals

4. fill tank to F......ditto.....2.5 gals

5. fill rest of tank to overflowing.....ditto....1.5 gals (minus spillage.....NO, Mark...not talkining about brazeers)

6. '89 Ranger XLT = 16.5 gals....

yore's is probably different.....

 

[Mark_88]

(minus spillage.....NO, Mark...not talkining about brazeers)

LOL...I'm a leg man...anything more than a tankful is a waste...

88 Ranger with 2.3 litre is 62 litres...or about 12 gallons...I think...I should get a bigger tank...then a quarter of a tank will go further and I can save money...

 

[adsm08]

I don't trust any factory gauge on a 20 plus year old vehicle.......

The one in my Ranger is pretty accurate. It reads full when the tank is full, it reads half when I get about 3/8 of the way through the tank, and when it hits E and I fill up I take on about 12.5 gallons in a 14.5 gallon tank.


My Bronco II on the other hand is accurate through the 1st 1/4 of the tank. After that it takes about 50 miles to drop past E. Then when I have about 4 gallons left the needle starts to come back up. That one I actually kinda trust because if I fill up right when the needle comes back up from below the E I pretty consistently take on about 18.5 gallons.

 

[Ozwynn]

not just the fuel gauge .... I don't trust the tach, the speedo, the temp, the oil pressure ..... ect ect ........ you get the point.

I 'specially don't trust the gauges in my million plus mile 2003 9900i......

 

[doorgunner]

LOL...I'm a leg man...anything more than a tanktopful is a waste... 88 Ranger with 2.3 litre is 62 litres...or about 12 gallons...I think...I should get a bigger tank...then a quarter of a tank will go further and I can save money...

Idiot! Fill it halfway...you'll save twice as much...(it's the Prozak--I never called anyone an idiot before...)

not just the fuel gauge .... I don't trust the tach, the speedo, the temp, the oil pressure ...congress..irs ect ect ........ you get the point.

I 'specially don't trust the gauges in my million plus mile 2003 9900i......

so......you WAS in nam!

 

[Ozwynn]

really don't trust congress ...... or any politician for that matter ..... not even an Amish one

 

[Will]

When I get really pissed I break things. I think you should have the truck crushed.

Generally, mechanical things just annoy the hell out of me. I have lots of registered vehicles and even more unregistered things and bits of machinery and everything has problems except for my wife's Honda Pilot. Not counting the Pilot I have 57 cylinders (off the top of my head) worth of engines that are used regularly. I also have other things like spare engines, machines that don't work or aren't used, and marine engines that are waiting to be used but are not in service so they don't annoy me, yet. Every day I fix something and something on another piece of gear breaks. I'm not bullshitting you--I burn more gas with machinery than I do with transportation.

Just fix the damn thing and stop bitching. There is no haunted piece of gear that can't be repaired. Especially something without a microprocessor attached.

If I ever hire a mechanic to maintain my fleet of garbage, the first thing I will do is inspect his truck.

 

[shane96ranger]

Will - you just jinxed your Pilot man!

Sent while I should be doing something else

 

[87anger]

lol had to do it. Thanks for the responses guys I just wanna try and get it fixed.
ANYONE KNOW WHAT THERE IS TO REPLACE IN THE SYSTEM BESIDES THE SENDING UNIT?
Yes I know, its prob not accurate. Yes it might be pointless to fix. Yes I can go without it. I GET THAT!
But lets just say im an idiot and enjoy getting angry at my truck. Maybe some tech advice if ya got it.


...but then again I might be getting a 94 super 4wd 4.0... then I can work on its problems till I get pissed at that