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09-25-2012, 09:53 PM | #1 |
Drives: Yaris 4dr sedan Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Oahu, Hawaii
Posts: 3
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Need help ASAP, fuel gauge / shipping car
I have a 2010 Yaris Sedan.
So to ship a car from Hawaii to mainland they wanted my fuel around 1/4. Well i was going to ship it today, aka last minute but now have to wait until tomorrow and this is why.... So i called and they said get it down here asap to the docks. Well I had just filled up so i went to siphon out the gas. I couldn't get through the gas cap area so i disconnected the rubber flexible tube from the tank to the spot where the fuel enters. I took out all the gas. The gas tank was empty empty i thought i was going to run out. Well i lower the car and go to drive and the gauge is still showing full. So i am assuming that the fuel gauge is somewhere between the tank and the place you put gas in? I put 1 galloon of gas in so i dont run out and keeping an eye on miles. i have scan gauge so i have a good idea when i am about how much i get with 1 galloon of gas. So i drove it home since and the gauge is slowly about half now but not dropping past that. So how do i reset gauge? (i tried to pull all the related fuses did nothing) Where is the gauge at? Any other thoughts or ideas? I feel stupid and now i have to wait till tomorrow hopefully to ship it. |
09-25-2012, 10:13 PM | #2 |
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Drives: 09 5dr LB, 2x 08 3dr LB Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: USA, CT
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The gauge sender is in the tank. The cluster does a lot of filtering on the data from it because of how much the gas sloshes around. Pull the cluster connectors for a few seconds or pull the ECU-B, MET, and PANEL1 fuses to reset it.
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09-25-2012, 11:06 PM | #3 |
Drives: 2009 5-door, 5-speed Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: White Rock BC
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Maybe try just thumping the bottom of the fuel tank a few times. Level sender could be stuck since the level went down so quickly. Might be lucky and by tomorrow the gauge will have sorted itself out.
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