MTE went from 20 to 250 and Fuel Guage went from E to 1/2!!
08-12-2007, 08:52 PM
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MTE went from 20 to 250 and Fuel Guage went from E to 1/2!!
So im on EMPTY about about 20 Miles to Empty and I stopped at a store and obviously turned my truck off. Finish at the store and turn my truck on and fuel guage went from EMPTY to 1/2 a tank and MTW said 244. I was really freaked out, I know I was EMPTY so I went to the gas station and all of a sudden the guage started dropping back to EPMTY and MTE went back to 20 miles. Anyone experince this?
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Were you parked on a hill of ANY kind? Any little hill will make your gauge and DTE read different. For mine I can park in front of my house with a 1/2 tank and in the morning come out to 1/4 tank. As soon as I start to drive on level ground it will go back to 1/2 tank. If you park on a hill and look at your DTE it will either go up or down depending on which way on the hill you are and watch the fuel gauge do the same....
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Were you parked on a hill of ANY kind? Any little hill will make your gauge and DTE read different. For mine I can park in front of my house with a 1/2 tank and in the morning come out to 1/4 tank. As soon as I start to drive on level ground it will go back to 1/2 tank. If you park on a hill and look at your DTE it will either go up or down depending on which way on the hill you are and watch the fuel gauge do the same....
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Mine did the same thing. I parked it with less than 1/8 and came out in the morning and had almost 1/2. Started driving and it settled back down.
I thought someone put something in my tank. It has only happened once though.
I thought someone put something in my tank. It has only happened once though.
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Never had that happen but one time I burned 3/4 of a tank and the lie-o-meter was reading 23.5 mpg so I shut the truck off when I got home one day then the next time I get in and start it's saying 15.1 ?? I just figured it was trying to come clean and be honest for once 
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