Fuel gauge not ACCURATE?! > need help!

[disturbed]

I had my car's indiglo gauge change at ****LINE makati...then I noticed that my fuel gauge is not accurate as it was before I changed my indiglo gauge...Since I know the gas consumption of my car I am quite sure that if i travel from point A to point B I know the needle on the fuel gauge will drop to a certain point..but hell no it just moved down a bit..but when I got into the car the fuel needle dropped dramatically..
Just like yesterday..the gauge reads it still has 10% of it then I went to a gas station and add 100 petot of gas since its just a short trip..and I noticed my gauge went up +30%..and the weird thing is I traveled far knowing that an additional 100 petot of gasoline will not take me..
It scares me that if I drive for a long distance my car would just stop in the middle of the road because it does not have gas anymore..
At first I really thought it just need some time to calibrate itself...but after 2 mos its still the same..I want to suck empty the car's tank so i would really know if the reading is accurate..

I need help from you guys..please advise what to do..TIA!

[boybi]

you should have brought your car back to where you had your gauges changed the first time you noticed your fuel gauge isn't pointing at the right fuel level.

[disturbed]

I am from pampanga..and I just come to manila when I have an important business to attend to or when I go to a certain autoshop to buy some accessories or to check the car out..and also i won't go back to that sh***y shop anymore...all they advise you is to replace...actually they don't advise he will just ask you to palit or not..if not then go away..

Anyway is there anything I can do?or any alternative solution for this..TIA

tnx boybi for the reply..

[boybi]

by saying that you changed you indiglo gauge, did you mean you changed the whole instrument panel? if yes, does it have warranty? if it have warranty, then, to avoid additional expenses, you really should return it to your shitty shop.

[disturbed]

just the face not the whole instrument panel..sorry for the confusion..

[BoEinG_747]

baka nag nag install ng indiglo lights/gauge.
.nagalaw ang needle (nabatak ang springs)

kaya nawala sa tamang tension ng spring at di na nabalik tamang position ang needle kaya di na accurate magbasa

[disturbed]

me solution pb ito?baka nde ko alam sa reserba na lng ako tumatakbo..

[Galactus]

Usually talaga, pag nagpapalagay ng indiglo, mejo magagalaw yung mga needles. I just had mine installed 2 weeks ago, tapos nung binalik yung gauge, yung sa fuel indicator ko, lower than when I had it changed. Pero, when I topped up my tank, umakyat naman, and its been acting normally.

Try to top up, then observe the needle. Pag hindi tama yung reading, then nagalaw ng sobra yung needle, at nawala sa calibration, kasi nga sensitive yan sa pressure. Sa casa, they can try to re-install and re-calibrate your gauge.

[disturbed]

When I load it up with 500 petot of gas plus the remaining 15%-20% based on the reading..it usually have a reading of full tank?!waahh!

HELP!

[mbeige]

See if reverting back to your original gauge will fix the problem, and if it does, then the indiglo gauges have something that needs fixing before it can be properly installed on your car again.

[carlodeck]

I had the same problem before. Pagka-install ng indiglo ko, ayaw naman gumana ng fuel gauge. As in umilaw na yung "red fuel icon" to indicate na wala na ako fuel, saka ko lang nalaman na sira gauge ko.

Binalik ko dun sa pinag-installan. Masyado lang pala nadiinan yung pagbalik nung needle. So, tinanggal nila yung needle, then dahan-dahan binalik hanggang "ma-feel" (I'm not sure about this) daw nila yung "tension" ng needle.

Ok na sya ngayon. Baka nadiinan lang. To be safe, balik mo sa pinagpa-installan mo. Or kung malakas loob mo, baklasin mo yung gauge cluster, dahan-dahanin mo i-pull yung needle. Kasi sa GSR, nung binaklas uli nila yung gauge cluster ko, pinull lang ng konti, then nung pag-start ko ay pumunta sa tamang reading yung fuel gauge.

[disturbed]

try ko gawin or hanap ako ibang shop dito..pampanga pa ako and sa makati pa un...layo layo =(

tnx sa mga reply mga bossing..

kung me ma issugest pa mga iba dyan..tia! =D

[H1Tman]

try wizards tomas morato.

[typhoon]

Just sharing a similar problem which occured after replacing the bulbs in the panel. Maybe some of you have read my thread in the Goods Squad section.

Anyway, I had the fuel gauge assembly replaced. After nun akala ko ok na. By that time mga 3/4 pa laman na gas. Everything seems to be ok (gauge is normal) until I had a full tank. After nun erratic na naman ung gauge especially when I make turns. I'm thinking pag dating nya ng 3/4 ulit baka bumalik sa normal (hopefully). Might be the floater this time. Ewan ko ba.

This all started with replacing the bulbs in the panel. Umiilaw pa naman un nga lang medyo madilim na. Sana hindi ko na lang pinagalaw...