Ok guys, i hope this isnt somewhere else already but here goes.
I put gas yesterday 20 bucks and it went to just under 3/4 full. i drove it from hialeah to north miami to aventura and back to hialeah(that was mainly for guys like ford and sed who might know how far that is-for everyone else thats about20 miles round trip maybe less) all this was city driving stop and go etc. and another almost identical trip this morning . . . the reason i say that the fuel needle is reading wrong is because it hasnt moved from where it started. the miles to empty digital gauge was going down-it went from about 240 to about 194 but then stopped. then i tried to reset everything. i disconeccted the battery, pulled ALL the fuses that i could think would have anything to do with this like ecu,ignition,cluster etc. and NOW the miles to empty digital read out says i have 224 miles to empty. . . which on any other given day i wouldnt worry about cause if you park the car on a down slope it will read as having more gas and if you park it with the nose on the upslope it will read as less gas, but i just thought it weird that when i "reset" everything it reads higher . . . oh and by the way the needle still sits at 3/4 tank even after disconeccting and reconeccting everything. . . what the heck is going on here? the only other thing i can think of is a fuel filter maybe??? any ideas? oh and by the way i put citgo gas (87 octane/regular) yesterday morning and it has been under normal driving conditions since. uhm . . .what other info can i give? oh yeah im past the 60k mark so no warranty solution here. come to think of it though, it might just be a fuel filter issue cause when i went to crank it this morning after it had already been driven it stalled on me . . actually twice . . .the way an older car would've if the carburator needed to be cleaned/replaced. . . so im definately thinking its fuel filter. . . i will actually try and replace it i think its like 2 or 3 bucks at discount/advanced autoparts . . . i know i just probably babled for nothing but maybe someone else is/will be having this issue and this could help. either way let me know what you guys think. and also, how the heck do i find/change the fuel filter?
I put gas yesterday 20 bucks and it went to just under 3/4 full. i drove it from hialeah to north miami to aventura and back to hialeah(that was mainly for guys like ford and sed who might know how far that is-for everyone else thats about20 miles round trip maybe less) all this was city driving stop and go etc. and another almost identical trip this morning . . . the reason i say that the fuel needle is reading wrong is because it hasnt moved from where it started. the miles to empty digital gauge was going down-it went from about 240 to about 194 but then stopped. then i tried to reset everything. i disconeccted the battery, pulled ALL the fuses that i could think would have anything to do with this like ecu,ignition,cluster etc. and NOW the miles to empty digital read out says i have 224 miles to empty. . . which on any other given day i wouldnt worry about cause if you park the car on a down slope it will read as having more gas and if you park it with the nose on the upslope it will read as less gas, but i just thought it weird that when i "reset" everything it reads higher . . . oh and by the way the needle still sits at 3/4 tank even after disconeccting and reconeccting everything. . . what the heck is going on here? the only other thing i can think of is a fuel filter maybe??? any ideas? oh and by the way i put citgo gas (87 octane/regular) yesterday morning and it has been under normal driving conditions since. uhm . . .what other info can i give? oh yeah im past the 60k mark so no warranty solution here. come to think of it though, it might just be a fuel filter issue cause when i went to crank it this morning after it had already been driven it stalled on me . . actually twice . . .the way an older car would've if the carburator needed to be cleaned/replaced. . . so im definately thinking its fuel filter. . . i will actually try and replace it i think its like 2 or 3 bucks at discount/advanced autoparts . . . i know i just probably babled for nothing but maybe someone else is/will be having this issue and this could help. either way let me know what you guys think. and also, how the heck do i find/change the fuel filter?