1991 Accord Gas Gauge Working Strangely

Hi All,

Posted a couple days ago about something else. We've had this car for about
a week and notice that when we put gas in it like $20 or so, the needle does
not move very far up on the gauge, hardly at all actually. It seems that if
wehit a good bump in the road or do a sharp turn that all of a sudden the
gauge reads a half a tank. Anybody know what could be causing this?

Thanks

 

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There's probably a dent in the tank, right where the sensor swings.
Others have reported the same thing.

'curly'

 

Are you serious.........a dent in the tank? How in the heck do ya dent a
gas tank unless you back into something? Is it like a float type of device
in there? I thought maybe a sticky float? Anyhow.........very
strange.........

 

A dent is quite unlikely. It's probably the high content sulfphur gas you're
using that would cause the floater to get stuck.
I experience the same thing. I started using Shell and it got my reading all
screwed up and went back to use Sunoco, which is much cleaner.