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dosborn · 02-25-2002, 10:19 PM

i bought my 95 mtx last week.  the gas gauge was working when i bought it.  it got down around 'E' last weekend, so i filled it up.  i've driven it 84 miles since then, and it hasn't moved from 'E'.  what's up here???  is my gauge messed up?  is this a normal problem with 240s? how can i fix it???  

dosborn · 02-25-2002, 10:22 PM

OOPS! i meant it hasn't moved from "F"  after i have filled it up.  

Arcane · 02-25-2002, 10:48 PM

hmmm....i would...ummm....i don't know...from my experience...my gas gauge would not go down for quite a while, whenever it does this, and i hate to say this, i give it a good thump on top of the cluster...and it will drop down to what i am assuming is the correct place...sorry i don't have a technical fix for you...peas..

96SEChick · 02-26-2002, 05:27 AM

Mine usually takes about 75 miles to move below F.  Did you fill it up and completely top it off so you couldn't get any more gas in it?  That's what I do.

dosborn · 02-26-2002, 09:58 AM

yeah, i topped it off.  i thought it might have moved a bit this morning, but i'm not really sure.  i guess only time will tell <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'>  i haven't been driving that hard, though.  maybe i'm just getting awesome mpg

Nismos14 · 02-26-2002, 10:10 AM

my gas guage is totally fucked up ....... i fill up and until like 140 miles it wont budge from F..... *shrugs and its always inaccurate..... so blah i just fill at 225-250 miles

burgy240 · 02-26-2002, 06:09 PM

I thought it was only my 95 that did that.  It doesn't drop steady either.  It will drop a ton and then sit there for another 50 miles and then drop again.  oh well.  

Arcane · 02-26-2002, 07:01 PM

hmmm...maybe it's just  240's in general...if you have had your car long enough, you should know when you need a refueling...with my car i just refuel it when it reaches 300miles...even if it reads half full or even before empty...

silvia240 · 02-27-2002, 04:13 AM

####... i get an completely different problem.... Sometimes, my gas needle drops all the way down, way below the E.  Then it rises and drops down again, This is while i am driving.... it is so wierd.

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02-25-2002, 10:19 PM	#1
dosborn Leaky Injector Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 67 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	i bought my 95 mtx last week.  the gas gauge was working when i bought it.  it got down around 'E' last weekend, so i filled it up.  i've driven it 84 miles since then, and it hasn't moved from 'E'.  what's up here???  is my gauge messed up?  is this a normal problem with 240s? how can i fix it???

02-25-2002, 10:22 PM	#2
dosborn Leaky Injector Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 67 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	OOPS! i meant it hasn't moved from "F"  after i have filled it up.

02-25-2002, 10:48 PM	#3
Arcane Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 597 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	hmmm....i would...ummm....i don't know...from my experience...my gas gauge would not go down for quite a while, whenever it does this, and i hate to say this, i give it a good thump on top of the cluster...and it will drop down to what i am assuming is the correct place...sorry i don't have a technical fix for you...peas..

02-26-2002, 05:27 AM	#4
96SEChick Nissanaholic! Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Broken Arrow, OK Age: 44 Posts: 1,814 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Mine usually takes about 75 miles to move below F.  Did you fill it up and completely top it off so you couldn't get any more gas in it?  That's what I do.

02-26-2002, 09:58 AM	#5
dosborn Leaky Injector Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 67 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	yeah, i topped it off.  i thought it might have moved a bit this morning, but i'm not really sure.  i guess only time will tell <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'>  i haven't been driving that hard, though.  maybe i'm just getting awesome mpg

02-26-2002, 10:10 AM	#6
Nismos14 Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: New Jersey Age: 40 Posts: 1,213 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	my gas guage is totally fucked up ....... i fill up and until like 140 miles it wont budge from F..... *shrugs and its always inaccurate..... so blah i just fill at 225-250 miles

02-26-2002, 06:09 PM	#7
burgy240 Nissanaholic! Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Tampa Age: 45 Posts: 2,151 Trader Rating: (2) Feedback Score: 2 reviews	I thought it was only my 95 that did that.  It doesn't drop steady either.  It will drop a ton and then sit there for another 50 miles and then drop again.  oh well.

02-26-2002, 07:01 PM	#8
Arcane Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 597 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	hmmm...maybe it's just  240's in general...if you have had your car long enough, you should know when you need a refueling...with my car i just refuel it when it reaches 300miles...even if it reads half full or even before empty...

02-27-2002, 04:13 AM	#9
silvia240 Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: SoCal Posts: 438 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	####... i get an completely different problem.... Sometimes, my gas needle drops all the way down, way below the E.  Then it rises and drops down again, This is while i am driving.... it is so wierd.