Hi there,

I am having the same problem: it started 5-6 months ago: the fuel light will come out and the gauge will drop... it got worse: the car would stop and will not start again for hours...or until I will fill up on gas (though, there was at least 2/3 full tank) when it will start working right away as nothing had happened... So, I went to my mechanic and he said everything looks good; he said, he tested the fuel pump, filter etc. So, I thought it may be some dirt around the sensors, in the gas tank. I bought a bottle of Seafoam and add it into the gas tank. This was about 1 - 2 months ago. It didn't stop right away.. it took about 2 weeks. Meanwhile the cold weather kicked in (I write to you from Canada) and now it doesn't do it at all. I could drive up to 1 - 2 litre of gas left in the fuel tank and the car wouldn't stop...the light is there when is suppose to be, the gouge is working just fine. After all these I think it is either dirt - which I may have flushed away with the Seafoam, or a pump/fuel level assembly - which gets hot and stop working correctly. I will find out for sure next summer... Keep you posted...

 

Here are some tips to that might fix the problem:

1. Get some Seafoam and run it though your tank to flush out any dirt or debris in your tank. Also you may want to see how old your fuel filter is, if it is old you may need to replace it.

2. If you can get a pressure test done on your tank get one. Some people have said that just putting a new gas cap that will make a tight seal on your tank will fix the problem.

3. Avoid any gas stations where a fuel tanker is filling up the tanks as this stirs any dirt on the bottom of the tank causing it to be sucked into your fuel tank.

4. Inspect your tank to make sure there is not any visible holes. Including holes that are higher up on the tank which would let air escape. This might be the problem because if there is not enough air pressure the gas will not flow fast enough into the engine.

I know a friend that had this problem. He finally found the problem was that there was a hole in his tank and when the gas got to a certain level the air escaped. This caused the pressure to go dramatically down causing the fuel to not flow in the engine as fast and causing the fuel level needle to drop.

If you are still having problems let me know.

 

I'm back and not happy at all: the car stopped again, while driving it to work; same way: the fuel tank was a quarter less than full. This time, no fuel ligh on and fuel gauge dropping. Was driving it on the HWy at about 110-115 km/h and it started to lose power. I pulled over and shortly the engine died. I left it for approx. 15 min and start the engine: it started nicely so I drove it another 2 - 4 km until it died again. Called a truck to tow me and after 15 - 20 min, the truck left me in a parking lot; I started the car and it was fine: drove it to my mechanic (for about 40 Km) with no problems. He check it and couldn't find anything wrong with it... Except that the idle sometimes goes up to 2000 - 2500 rpm and drops back to 750 after a while. No error code though.. The mechnic couldn't tell me why the car's idle oscilate like that. It still runs today after 1 week from the incident. This time I had couple codes on the computer: 12 51 43 55 (check them witj the key on-off method).