HELP!! Gas Gauge stuck past full and wont register???????

[Capnscoop]

My gas gauge is stuck and is not registering. i turn the truck on and it wont move. i took the plastic off so i could get to the needle and i spun it. when i turned the truck back on it jumped right back.. some one please help.... it is driving me insane......

 

[4X4HIGH]

The sender wire is grounded. Disconnect the sender wire from the fuel sender and it should drop. Assuming it does you need to trace the wire and find the "short".

 

[Capnscoop]

so the fuel sender on the tank???? im not so familiar with it..thanks for the reply

 

[vortec]

another option is a stuck float. when i first got mine, it did the same thing, but i took it offroad 4 hours after i bought the truck, and it shook the float loose. it stuck again about a month later, so i got under there and kicked the tank. haven't had a problem in 3 years, now.

 

[muddermilitia]

I had this happen to me once in my crewcab dually, I took a hard right turn and the guage read full. It didnt go back to normal untill I took a hard left turn

 

[dyeager535]

Yes, there will be a wire back near the tank (mine was pink) on the drivers side frame rail. If non-EFI, there will a black plastic connector (like the rear license plate lamp connector) that you can disconnect.

 

[dhcomp]

don't play wtih your gauge needles, you are asking for trouble.

 

[4by4bygod]

More than likely, you have a bad ground connection.

 

[Cricket]

On a side note for those that have dual tanks and have removed a tank.

If your dash rocker switch gets bumped over to the non-existent tank you'll get the same result. .

 

[jms]

IIRC, gauge reading always over full = no ground; always empty = no juice.

 

[abig85]

i agree with the bad ground. everytime i ever seen a gauge go way past full its a bad ground