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Old 06-29-2004, 03:34 PM
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Ok i dont know whats going on

i brought a full tank from 7/11 and i dumped injector cleaner from autozone in my tank.

Surprisely i got 210 miles on just a half a tank. i was pretty happy. then when it gets to the second half i only get 83 miles so im like wtf.

I go to the gas station to top off. and it only charged me 9 bucks huh. yup that means i was about a half a tank. now my gas guage reads 3/4 tank when i have a full tank. wtf. what should i do.
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You might have gotten some of that bad gas from shell a while back?
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Fuel sensor. Did you fill all the way until the handle clicked?
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yeah i filled it up until u cannt put any more in there
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It's just a shitty Integra fuel gauge. I could get 200+ out of a half tank.....then 100 out of the second half. But if you put shitty reg. grade Shell gas in it, that could be your culprit. But also, when the handle clicks off, usually you can put another couple gallons in it....or at least I could.
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Originally posted by Leslie
It's just a shitty Integra fuel gauge. I could get 200+ out of a half tank.....then 100 out of the second half. But if you put shitty reg. grade Shell gas in it, that could be your culprit. But also, when the handle clicks off, usually you can put another couple gallons in it....or at least I could.
When the gauge reads E there is still close to 5 gallons left in the tank.I know this because I drained my gas tank when it was on E and there was close to 5 gallons left in it.I think this is done so lazy people dont run out of gas.That is why you get less gas mileage on the the second half of the gauge.
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it's actually about 2.5 gallons in an Integra.
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my car has been doing that for about a year. the sensor on the float in your gas tank probably went bad. when i fill up my car, the gas gauge only reads 3/4 full. and when i get on it, it goes down to empty. but the low gas warning light still works perfect so i dont have to worry about being stranded from running out of gas.

btw, i heard you're supposed to be able to go about 30 miles after the gas light comes on.
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