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mr.prick
April 14th, 2008, 12:52 PM
all the sudden my fuel gauge has become inaccurate
after 6 years and 48,000 miles.(2002 camaro)
it seems to be correct at cold start, then after ECT goes up
and battery volts drop it will read full.
has anyone else encountered this?
i`m thinking it can be fixed with {B0501} Fuel Gauge Calibration
or {B0507} Convert Sender To Volume.
any ideas? :doh2:

ChipsByAl
April 14th, 2008, 01:56 PM
Unless you changed the fuel gauge calibration parameters or the fuel tank/sender itself, I would not recommend changing software. Sounds as if there is something wrong with the car that normal diagnosis should be able to isolate.
Al

hquick
April 14th, 2008, 02:47 PM
Mine just started playing up recently....kina pushed me into doing the Walbro retrofit.
Here's why...

Good contacts on the sender (little fingers).

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v35/hquick/Walbro%20255%20install/P3290013.jpg

Bad contacts:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v35/hquick/Walbro%20255%20install/P4010124.jpg

See the little 'fingers' are broken off.