If you have the origional fuel sender it should be replaced. They are notoriously inaccurate and have a high failure rate. In the meantime use the trip odometer. Reset it when you fill the tank and you can go about 250 miles on a tank. David Teitelbaum vin 10757 -- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Bernie" <bmanderville@xxxx> wrote: > All, > > Last Sunday I took the car out with what appeared to be about 3/4 to > half a tank of gas, I drove about 5-8 miles, and when I got home the > empty tank bulb was lit. So I figured I may have driven more than 5-8 > miles. > > So today I go and fill the tank, and it won't take more than 9.66 > gallons, according to the pump. I believe the capacity of the tank is > more like 16 gallons, so what is probably broken now? I hope I don't > have to dive into the gas tank. But, if I do, I will. > > By the way, after filling up the guage reads full. > > Any one have any ideas. > > Bernie To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/