Anyone have trouble with the fuel gauge? At first the needle was stuck on the E. Now the low fuel light is always on too.

I can't seem to find a fuse or anything for it, not sure what to check or what to do. When I was last at the dealer and it was on "E", they said they weren't sure what to do about it, or what they could check, so nothing was resolved!

 

It's incredable that a dealer would say they don't know what to do.
The first thing is to look in there service info for values and measure the resistance coming from the tank sender, put fuel in and measure again to see if it changes. Hint/hint!
The sender connects to a solid state device in the dash that operates the fuel level gage and controls the low fuel lamp seperately.
What don't they understand about this.
Then there is the dash diagnostics that can be done!


Take this in to them and see what they say.

 

I had the exact same problem with my fuel gauge and the digital read out saying low fuel eventhough I just filled it up. My service guy said it was do to poor fuel ( a higher conc. of sulfur in the gas which effects the sensor). He told me to run a few tanks of gas through it under normal driving conditons and make sure to use gas from a different station for a while. Whatever, it began reading correctly after about 60 miles of drivng. This was 10 days ago and no problems since then which the guage or digital display. Hope this is the same case with you. Post again to let us know.

 

Heh...

A major brand name (which shall remain nameless) recently had a rash of gas gauge problems mid-2004. It was localized to the southern Louisiana and Florida areas. They claimed that some of the shipments from one particular terminal contained higher amounts of sulfur which was causing excessive corrosion to some of the contacts in the fuel sending unit (located in the gas tank). It affected many vehicles, but the "oil company" made good on their promise to take care of everyone. I had some wonky problems for a couple of days when the "outbreak" occured, but the problem had corrected itself after a few days (and tanks of gas). Either way, I had my local Ford dealer check it out to be on the safe side. I ended up "trace" amounts of sulfur in the tank so they ("oil company") decided to go ahead and change out the sending unit, flush the gas tank out, replace the fuel filter, flush the fuel system and get a complete cleaning of the injectors and TB). Total job came out to be about $889 bux of which $660 was labor and $120 in parts. I paid absolutely nothing for the job (oil company covered the cost) and got a $30 gas card to boot. Yeah it was a little inconvient for me, but hey, my Ford dealer works w/ me w/free rides to/from work.

If you need to replace the sending unit (in the gas tank), the part at the local dealer should cost about $90. If you can do the job yourself, you'd save a boatload of cash.

Tony

 

Put some Gas in your Truck???




Kidding.. hope you get this resolved!

 

...I had the same thought, but I wasn't brave enough to say it! Its like the guy who went to the Doctor....and said..."Doc, every time I raise my arm like this.....it really hurts!" Of course you know what the Doctor said???? "Well then, don't do that!"

 

A while back in s.fla I remember seeing on the local news that thousnds of vehicles had their fuel senders fouled by "accidentally" having way to much sulfur( i think it was) in Shell fuels.There was a huge class action suit...chances are your sender is fouled up...

hope it helps
frank

wait a minute,i edit this cuz I see you have a propane conversion setup,might not apply

 

Also note that he's in Arizona and well the high sulfur thing didn't affect the market there.....

Tony

 

If i remember right, there is a TSB on this! Well, on mine there was. Mine wasn't stuck at empty, it was stuck between empty and half...(fluctuated). Brought it to the shop, they had a TSB for it, and fixed it under warranty.

No issues since.

I will see if i can find the TSB they used, and post.
Good luck with the issue!