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Old 04-11-2017, 11:12 PM   #1
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Default Fuel Gauge Faulty

Ok so I have a Fairmont Ghia 1999 model and have just had the fuel pump replaced. Now when I fill the car up it reads empty and the fuel light is on even though the tanks is full. Once the car uses some fuel it reads normal until I fill her up again. Any ideas as to what's going on and what need to be fixed?
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Old 05-11-2017, 06:48 PM   #2
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Default Re: Fuel Gauge Faulty

Did you replace just the pump itself, or the whole pump assembly bracket and float?

From memory it's a separate little float arm and circuit that sends the fuel level, nothing actually to do with the pump itself.

Not an expert though so someone may correct me.

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Old 05-11-2017, 06:53 PM   #3
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Pretty sure my mechanic replaced the whole assembly.
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Old 05-11-2017, 07:00 PM   #4
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If that's the case, and your fuel gauge worked fine on the previous one, I'd talk to your mechanic about it. Maybe you got one that's faulty.

I replaced mine not so long ago, the whole unit.
Reason was my fuel pump had done 265k and likely original, but the gauge showed 1/8 tank higher than it should, and i ran out of fuel one day thinking i had still 100kays left.

Once replaced, the gauge is pretty much spot on.
And the new pump got rid of some flat spots too!

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