The Turtle

and it looks ok. I go to the gas station and fill up, and hence, it's exactly the same. I drive 5 miles, and my gauge says I've used 1/4 tank of gas. ARGH! On top of that, there are a bunch of bulbs blown in this one, hence you can't see anything at night!

I turn on the car this morning, and the gauge works? wtf. I fill up again, and all is steady and seeming to work fine. Could it be the new sender was jammed and now is ok? If so, I'm going to put my original cluster back in. If the gauge works, I'm golden. If not, then the used one needs to go back, which it is, and I have to find another one.

Moving parts are a pain in the ***! I also have the sneaking suspsicion that gauges really can't go bad if they still work somewhat, it has to be the sender. Otherwise my gauge would show F or E at all times.

End of rant.

2001AWDFUN

Sounds more like a sender problem, not the gauges...

RKA

Why did you replace the cluster?

The Turtle

next thing to do was replace the cluster.

RKA

I haven't inspected the assembly, so I can't give you specific advice...but it does seem like the sender is your issue.

The Turtle

or it just started working. Shop is taking back the used sender, no questions asked, so that's good. Now I just have to put the original back in and hope it works.

RKA, you on any of the messengers?

RKA

cuts into my PWing time here.

The Turtle

if not, I'll have Shokan send me another sender.

JAFO

filling the tank and driving on abumpy road has fixed it twice.