When I fill up the car with gas the gauge the gas gauge needle moves up too slow.
Aug 28, 2017 at 6:45 AM
Slow Gas Needle
CLEMENTE QUINTANILLA
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How slow is too slow? There are some cars that move the needle slowly, which really is fine because at that point you know that it has a full tank.
Aug 28, 2017 at 7:34 AM
I had 3/4 of a tank of gas I just filled it up to one minute and forty five seconds before the needle made it all the way to the full mark.
Aug 28, 2017 at 9:27 AM
That is nothing to worry about. I had a car once that would take ten or fifteen minutes to move that much.
Aug 28, 2017 at 11:00 AM
The reason for that is because there is a resistance designed into the gauge so that when you turn corners, hit bumps, fill the tank, the gauge does not wave around like a flag. They changed the gauge design in 2000 so the needle moves a bit faster.
When you should worry is if you fill the tank and it does not go to the full level on the gauge. That is a sending unit failure.
When you should worry is if you fill the tank and it does not go to the full level on the gauge. That is a sending unit failure.
Aug 29, 2017 at 12:50 PM
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