Monstr Yukon
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My yukon does this too and HOLY a 400 miles a tank! I wish mine could go that far but being a 2 door I got a tiny ass tank! 
Fuel gauge is more like a tilt gauge
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mdiacont322
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yeah my 97 does the same thing with the fuel guage. Goes down under braking and up during accel. My buddy has a 99 Sierra and it does the exact opposite. but 400 miles to the tank is rediculous. I can romp on the gas from every stop sign or light and i get 270... 320-330 if i drive it easy...
99Yuk
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Thanks everyone for your suggestions. Next time I take 'er in I'll have them drop the tank and fool around a bit.
Also, 300 MILES to a tank? Rediculous. Now that I'm at university again I only drive in the city, so I start looking at 350 Kilometers, or 218 miles. At about 400 km I'll run out
Ya, I just ran a good long six day highway drive, and I barely got 500kms per tank, all 13 of them. And my needle does the violant shaking thing, and it's off by about a 1/4-1/2 tank.
NovaRacer
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Glad to hear that the bounce is common......NOT.
I had mine start doing it, and 3 to 4 months later, the fuel pump died, in the middle of the night, out of town. And wouldn't you know, I had filled it up about 5 miles before I had gotten to where I was stranded.
I put a fuel pump in it, and it still bounces. Not as bad as before, but still moves 1 to 2 guage lines back and forth. I believe it's a cluster issue. I have 1 bulb burned out in the corner of the water temp. guage, and when I get another one to go out, I will replace them and see if I can find a new guage, but it may need a whole new cluster.
I just reset the trip odometer every fill up, and go 340 - 350 miles and fill it back up.
WB
I had mine start doing it, and 3 to 4 months later, the fuel pump died, in the middle of the night, out of town. And wouldn't you know, I had filled it up about 5 miles before I had gotten to where I was stranded.
I put a fuel pump in it, and it still bounces. Not as bad as before, but still moves 1 to 2 guage lines back and forth. I believe it's a cluster issue. I have 1 bulb burned out in the corner of the water temp. guage, and when I get another one to go out, I will replace them and see if I can find a new guage, but it may need a whole new cluster.
I just reset the trip odometer every fill up, and go 340 - 350 miles and fill it back up.
WB
Miami-Yukon
'96 Z71 YUKON 2DR
My fuel gauge is way OFF!!! When I have a full tank my gauge is way past the F & my E is at just under 1/4 Tank.... So is this my gauge or sending unit in the tank? I haven't figured it out yet & it annoys the piss out of me!
99Yuk
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I was wondering the same thing with mine, so I used the scan tool to monitor the truck computer's fuel levels. Turns out that at least on my truck the computer's fuel levels are bang on with what I think it should be and the gauge itself was out of whack.
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when i put gas in my truck and my fuel level is at full i have no problem with it driving or running, but once it his around the half tank the gas guage will bounce to where ever it wants then when it gets a little below the half if i turn to quick or stop to quick the truck will shut off completely, could this be my fuel pump???? and why does the guage bounce??
when i put gas in my truck and my fuel level is at full i have no problem with it driving or running, but once it his around the half tank the gas guage will bounce to where ever it wants then when it gets a little below the half if i turn to quick or stop to quick the truck will shut off completely, could this be my fuel pump???? and why does the guage bounce??
Miami-Yukon
'96 Z71 YUKON 2DR
I was thinking can we just pull the cluster apart and twist the back of it? Maybe it is loose or something! I called a local place that works on speedo's and they said like $250 to fix the cluster, I was like thank you and have a nice day! I can get a new one for that, or a used one from ebay for alot less.....
TheBeast99
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ya i have the vibrating hummingbird gas guage problem too.
originally when i bought my truck my guage was bouncing all over the place like everyone else's, but the dealer fixed that problem. and it was fine until one night when i had to unload my truck, i drove up on the sidewalk so that my passenger side was on the 'walk and driver's was still in the street. i noticed my guage was vibrating as i got out. i thought nothing of it - thought it had to do with me being on a slant like that. but it still did it even after i drove off, and after i filled the tank again, and it's still doing it now. the guage is still accurate, but it's highly annoying. i'm waiting for it to burn out or something, which i don't want.
but ya i read about checking the grounding wire for the sending unit and where it was bolted to. possibly taking it off and getting the rust off it and where it's grounded too.
i really need to hurry up and order some repair manuals off Amazon...
and wow 400 miles a tank. i'll never get that! i fill up when i hit 250-275, which is when i'm down to 1/4 of a tank.
originally when i bought my truck my guage was bouncing all over the place like everyone else's, but the dealer fixed that problem. and it was fine until one night when i had to unload my truck, i drove up on the sidewalk so that my passenger side was on the 'walk and driver's was still in the street. i noticed my guage was vibrating as i got out. i thought nothing of it - thought it had to do with me being on a slant like that. but it still did it even after i drove off, and after i filled the tank again, and it's still doing it now. the guage is still accurate, but it's highly annoying. i'm waiting for it to burn out or something, which i don't want.
but ya i read about checking the grounding wire for the sending unit and where it was bolted to. possibly taking it off and getting the rust off it and where it's grounded too.
i really need to hurry up and order some repair manuals off Amazon...
and wow 400 miles a tank. i'll never get that! i fill up when i hit 250-275, which is when i'm down to 1/4 of a tank.
Billy_ocean04
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mine does it all dances, vibrates, slow roll backwards, lol when i back into my driveway it goes to almost E then when im on level ground it levels out. then when i fill up the tank, my needle goes so far past the "F"ull mark. it goes into the black area where theres nothing
