Fuel gauge stuck

[lone_star_dsl]

Filled up tonight, got back in the truck, fired it up and the fuel gauge stayed on 1/8. Right where it was when I pulled into the gas station. My overhead is working correctly, but my low fuel light is still on. First time this has ever happened. Any ideas?

Thanks

 

[jvencius]

Filled up tonight, got back in the truck, fired it up and the fuel gauge stayed on 1/8. Right where it was when I pulled into the gas station. My overhead is working correctly, but my low fuel light is still on. First time this has ever happened. Any ideas?

Thanks

Find a REALLY bumpy road and drive over it at high speed. When my fuel gauge stuck that's what I did and it became rapidly un-stuck.

 

[lone_star_dsl]

Find a REALLY bumpy road and drive over it at high speed. When my fuel gauge stuck that's what I did and it became rapidly un-stuck.

I figured that it was just stuck. There are plenty of bumpy roads on the way to work. I will report back my findings tomorrow.

 

[lone_star_dsl]

Drove about 80 miles today in town. (searching out parts for my new tymar ) It took all of those 80 miles to make the gauge move. The weird thing was, it came up SLOWLY. It never made a rapid return to the full position. Oh well, it's works now.

 

[whatabudro]

The fact that it never made a rapid return is probably fine. I fill mine up while its running and it takes about 50 miles on the highway for it to finally register full. So it probly dislogged itself, then took several miles to creep its way up.

 

[roosterdiesel]

I think the fuel gauge is dampened just like the other gauges in the dash. When I dropped my tank I ran a couple of days below quarter tank in case I had to do it again. I never noticed the gauge move much when I know there was alot of slosh going on. Below a half tank, I think the fuel gauge would bounce up and down if it wasn't dampened!