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Old Aug 3, 2005 | 02:41 PM
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For example I will be at a half tank of Gas and Fill up my gas gauge doesnt read full for about 5-10 minutes. Why does it do that?
 
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Old Aug 3, 2005 | 03:33 PM
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Mine is the same way. It takes a long time for it to register on the needle. I don't worry about it. Now if it didn't read full after a while, I'd begin to wonder. So far it has been pretty accurate.
 
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Old Aug 4, 2005 | 07:49 PM
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yea dude I had the same problem. I took it back to the dealer and they said it was a bad fuel regulater. They replaced that along with internal fuel filter and everything worked fine after that.
 
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Old Aug 5, 2005 | 04:53 PM
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We have had the truck for about a week now and haven't had to fill it up yet but I will check to see if ours does the same this weekend, I can't wait to just go cruising around in the new truck
 
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Old Aug 5, 2005 | 06:17 PM
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I have had this problem when I leave the truck running and fill up. If I fill up with the truck off, the needle pegs as soon as the gauges turn on. Did the same thing in my jeep. I cry when I drain the tank and have to drop $60 bucks on gas...
 
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Old Aug 5, 2005 | 06:49 PM
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I have had this problem when I leave the truck running and fill up. If I fill up with the truck off, the needle pegs as soon as the gauges turn on. Did the same thing in my jeep. I cry when I drain the tank and have to drop $60 bucks on gas...
$60 your lucky, the dealership put $50 in it and it was only 3/4 full, I guess that 34 gal. tank we have will be expensive as hell..

BTW, the gas around the dealership (2 states away) was soo much cheeper then near where we live by about .22 a gal.[:@]
 
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Old Aug 5, 2005 | 08:09 PM
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Last time I filled up all the way it was like $75. Good thing I only fill up once every 2 weeks or so.
 
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Old Aug 6, 2005 | 12:25 AM
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Last time I filled up all the way it was like $75. Good thing I only fill up once every 2 weeks or so.
The way I look at it it is better then her old car, she filled the POS 13 gal tank twice a week to the tune of an average $50 per week, with the truck it looks like we are going to be spending similar to what you are, $75 every other week.. giving us an extra $50 per month, so it's good news as far as I am concerned...
 
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Old Aug 6, 2005 | 12:37 AM
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Consider yourselves lucky.

I fill up at around $65.00-70.00 once a week (mid-grade) soon to be 93 octane once i get my programmer back from hypertech.

only get 11mpg around town and no more than 14mpg thanks to AWD....lol.
 
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