Gas gauge broken

[chrystalandmike]

I had just filled the tank and when I got home (5 mile trip) my gas gauge showed empty. All the other gauges worked. Anyone know what could cause this or a fix?

 

[mrford60]

if you can get to the plug to the sender at the tank and unplug it. find the wire from the guage, and ground it . if the guage goes to full its the sender if not its the guage. you will have to do some reserch to find what wire in the plug is from the guage.

 

[Thermo]

chrystalandmike, I had this happen to my truck and it was the level sender in the gas tank. Not a hard fix, but I would recommend driving the truck as much as you dare to get the tank as empty as possible. The more fuel in the tank, the more of a headache it is for the back yard mechanic to do. If you are taking it to a shop, then they have a holding tank that they will pump all the gas too. My truck is on sender #4 (one is was manufactured with, replace under a recall, replaced again under recall because the one their first installed was broken out of the box, and then one that failed on me as I was driving).

I did the job by myself. Granted, I did have the help of a high lift jack. Not a hard job, just be ready to be patient.

 

[chrystalandmike]

Thanks Thermo. I will call and get some quotes and if it is to pricey I will give the repair a shot.

 

[Thermo]

Chrystal, plan on getting quotes in the $400 range. Not sure if that is what you are willing to spend or not. The part through a parts place is like $30. It is cheap. The dealership is going to try to get you for a whole fuel pump assembly and then charge you 2-3 hours of labor.