after hard reset gas gauge goes way past full and seems to be 1/4 tank out of sync

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Jun 13, 2006 | 06:28 AM

WbgTT

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after hard reset gas gauge goes way past full and seems to be 1/4 tank out of sync

for a completely unrelated issue (repaced MAF and reset codes)I had disconnected the negative post and then replaced. Now my gas gauge is about a little under a 1/4 tank over the known quantity in the car (calc by trip meter and distance to empty). When filled the needle now pegs to the F side and falls below F only after several miles. Everything was normal and proportional before reset.

Jun 13, 2006 | 07:15 AM

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That's what my bad cluster does...could be that your cluster is bad

Jun 13, 2006 | 10:31 AM

WbgTT

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so the reset made the cluster suddenly go bad?? :-\

I've read all the prior posts on bad sending units and clusters but this seems a little different in the way it occured, etc... I can live with it but it's just a bit strange

Tommy

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Jun 13, 2006 | 12:54 PM

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Honestly, I don't remember what if anything could have prompted my gas gauge issue. Its been a

while since it started being out of sync. I definitely tried cleaning the fuel senders just in case, but that didn't fix anything (as you would expect since my trip computer was still reading properly.)