Floating gas gauge on 2000 Ranger
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Hum.. I'm just not sure about a 2000 ranger. But I know that most modern cars have a processor in the guage cluster to buffer these types of readings.
They do the same thing with your speedometer, tachometer, oil, and temp guages. They are all buffered by a software engineer and marketting weenies who think the end consumer will be confused by guages that move in real time. Given my experiences with the average car operator... they are probably correct.
If it really bothers you.. I'd say it's one of two things. Either a loose / grounding wire or a bad guage cluster.
Rich
They do the same thing with your speedometer, tachometer, oil, and temp guages. They are all buffered by a software engineer and marketting weenies who think the end consumer will be confused by guages that move in real time. Given my experiences with the average car operator... they are probably correct.
If it really bothers you.. I'd say it's one of two things. Either a loose / grounding wire or a bad guage cluster.
Rich
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Mine doesn't slosh but it is only accurate on level ground. If I am on a hill for more thant 15 seconds it starts to move. It puzzled me at first because when I parked in my sloped drive way and pulled into the street I had 3/4 tank but the next time I checked 10 min later I only had 1/4 tank.
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You probably have a perforated float.
I just had to replace one in one of my 93's.
It's made of brass and only cost $8 at Ford.
The guage cluster has an anti-slosh circuit built in. If your gauge moves when you stop, almost certainly the float isn't floating because it is partially full of gas.
I just had to replace one in one of my 93's.
It's made of brass and only cost $8 at Ford.
The guage cluster has an anti-slosh circuit built in. If your gauge moves when you stop, almost certainly the float isn't floating because it is partially full of gas.
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