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Tiny
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  • 2001 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE
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Is my gas gauge fused? It quit working all of a sudden.
Thursday, November 25th, 2010 AT 2:17 PM

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Tiny
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It's probably a bad sending unit inside the fuel tank. Unplug the harness and jump the purple wire to ground (without damaging it) and them momentarily turn the key on. If the gauge shoots to full, the tank sender is bad.
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Thursday, November 25th, 2010 AT 2:34 PM
Tiny
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So there is no fuse to check first? Thanks
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Thursday, December 2nd, 2010 AT 2:57 PM

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