Anybody noticed these things?

1. Fuel guage "suddenly" reading empty
Last time I was in the car I had a little less than a half tank. Next time, I get in, and I'm on serious empty (under 1/8 tank). The first time it happened, I thought someone was stealing gas from my car...

2. Can't fill up all the way
Fuel guage reads under 1/8 tank, but I can't put more than about 10 gal. into it. Manual says it's a 16 gal. tank. If I try topping it off after the gas pump auto shuts off, I get a gasoline shoeshine, so it *seems* full. Fuel guage still only reads less than 3/4 tank after this "fill-up."

The car didn't used to do this stuff. It's only started recently. Both started about the same time. Coincidence?

What's going on? Any suggested fixes?

-Fred
98.5 2.8

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But I'm at 60K miles, so I haven't brought it up with the dealer. Unless it gets real bad, I'm just going to live with it.

A while back, my gauge started going to only 7/8 after a fillup. Shortly after that started, I experienced the same thing as you - started the car and it read empty even though I had a half tank. As I drove it the next couple of days, it slowly crept up to the correct level.

It then seemed to correct itself for a while, but I noticed yesterday when I filled up, it read less than 3/4 for a while. It eventually made it up to 7/8.

It seems unlikely to me that it would be a calibration problem. If it was, I'd expect repeatable performance. Seems more like a mechanical failure in the sending unit.

Please let me know if you find out anything.

Kyle

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It now goes all the way to the top...and is roughly accurate. I do not top off the tank anymore...which is annoying...since I have to get gas after about 245 - 260 miles...I use to
make it to about 280 miles before stopping my topping off procedure.

Steve S.
97 2.8QM