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Can a Camaro fuel gauge be a mystery?

Can a Camaro fuel gauge be a mystery?

The Camaro fuel gauge can be a mystery… It can also make you the customer pull your hair out in frustration. But, The experts at Midnight Oil compiled information for an automotive publication which covered GM fuel gauges.

Is the GM fuel gauge the same on every car?

But, The experts at Midnight Oil compiled information for an automotive publication which covered GM fuel gauges. It doesn’t matter which GM car or truck you have. The fuel gauges are basically the same. The fuel gauge may be turned sideways or have an extra ground. But, the same three prongs on the back are all the same for all GM cars and trucks.

Why does my fuel gauge read too high?

Mike…it sounds like your guage may be incorrectly wired or that you may have a broken wire from the gauge to the trunk. Dan, it may be that you have a dirty ground in your system. Good enough to work, but that extra resistance is making your gauge read 1/4 too high.

Where is the sending unit on a Camaro?

The sending unit connects to the main body harness in the trunk, right by the filler tube. Disconnect it, and jumper the front part of the wiring harness connector to ground (not the tank side). If the guage falls to empty, the sending unit is bad, or disconnected on top of the tank.

When did GM change the fuel gauge on Camaro?

That is OK because the information on the Camaro fuel gauge can be used to diagnose and fix all other GM fuel gauges. After 1965, GM changed the gauge from 0-30 ohm to 0-90 ohm to improve accuracy. Think of going around a turn and watching the fuel gauge needle move. Rather than writing this all out in a blog post…

What does it mean when your fuel gauge is stuck?

A stuck fuel gauge on your vehicle can not only be annoying, but also require you to keep track of how many miles you’ve driven since your last fill-up to prevent you from running out of gas. A fuel gauge works through a series of electrical connections from the sending unit to the gauge cluster,…

The sending unit connects to the main body harness in the trunk, right by the filler tube. Disconnect it, and jumper the front part of the wiring harness connector to ground (not the tank side). If the guage falls to empty, the sending unit is bad, or disconnected on top of the tank.

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