joeyagls1

It keeps beeping and saying very low fuel, I put 20 dollars of gas in it. I do not know what to do. Is it a fuse that is messed up?

Trav97z

What is the car? Make, model, year, engine size.

bedo

not sure if it has anything to deal with it but go behind the glove box and make sure that little metal piece isn't cutting into your BCM wires

Chawlz

Is your fuel gauge stuck on E? if so then you need to trace it back to the sending unit. Start by unplugging sending unit, then use paper clip to jump the wires on the harness, then turn key on (engine off) and see if it shows full tank on gauge, if it does then all wiring is good and problem is in the sending unit

Death{AW}

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fill it up go driving chance it will unstuck and stop driving on almost empty gas tank :-D

joeyagls1

I heard of that thing, I will try and look for it.

joeyagls1

That sounds like it may be it, but I am not for sure were the sending unit is?

joeyagls1

I do drive it real low on gas lol, I need to stop. I will just fill it all the way up too.

impulsegoat

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When this happened to mine i just put a bunch of gas in it and unplugged the battery for a few minutes and then the needle came back up. Hasn't happened since. GL

Tim94gt

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The sending unit is inside the fuel tank.

joeyagls1

I filled it up and it worked, put in 65 bucks of 93. Thanks, glad I did not have to remove the fuel tank.

joeyagls1

Figured. Lol, thanks man.

impulsegoat

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Glad to hear it was an easy fix. I didn't think you were gonna have to mess with removing the tank but i had the o **** feeling myself when it happened to mine.

joeyagls1

Haha, yeah me too, I am like what am I going to have to buy now or fix now that I do not want to really. Yeah it worked, I think the sending unit is use to being very low on fuel and got use to it this is one of the first times I filled it up completely.

Tim94gt

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Sometimes the sending units will get "stuck" without the fuel sloshing around in there, this could have happened to you. Keeping a decent amount of fuel in the tank will prevent it from happening.

Also, do yourself a favor and try not to run the tank low all the time. Your fuel pump relies on the fuel for lubrication, running it low all the time will reduce the the life of the pump/sending unit.

thehazz12

^What he said. If you're only putting $20 in the tank at a time and running it really low, you're making life hard for that pump. You're gonna' burn that bitch up.
There's really no reason to be stingy with gas. You'll just have to make more trips to the gas station and you don't save any money by doing so.

joeyagls1

Right, lesson learned haha. I am not going below 1/4 of a tank for now on. Really good information on this, thanks everybody.

thehazz12

Good. Glad you learned. Glad we could help.

markpetersonii

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So since you didn't answer this, everyone is just going to guess at the problem.

BUT, if you have an 04, your gauge cluster is most likely messed up. It happens to all 04s and it's just something to live with. It'll happen again if you replace it too.

I have it happen every so often. Along with the temp gauge that thinks the engine is over heating, after 2 min of starting the car.

Tishkevich

... this is a real thread?