Fuel problem
06-05-2004, 06:42 PM
#1
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Fuel problem
OK, armchair Jeep mechanic warriors.
'76 CJ-7.
It has sat mostly in one place for the last month.
Last time I parked it, it had a full tank of gas.
Then last week I wanted to take it out so I went to the gas station, and
just to make sure, I topped it off with 30 cents of gas.
Drove it for 27 miles when it promptly died. It died in the way a car dies
when it runs out of gas.
So AAA tows it back home to me. Still never starts.
I just put 2 gallons of gas in it and it starts right up!
Now, the guy I bought it from told me that the fuel gauge was
"intermittent". And sure enough, when it had a full tank, it was reading
very low. I thought the fuel gauge was just bad. But now it actually seems
like the problem is something else. When I put the 2 gallons in just now,
it went from dead E to a bit above E.
I assume I have the stock (15 gallon?) fuel tank.
It obviously doesn't leak.
What the heck is going on? Is my tank somehow only holding a few gallons?
Is the gas not getting to the engine when it gets low? Bad fuel pump?
--
"What we need are a couple of good hangings" - FTC Chairman Orson Swindle,
regarding email spam
'76 CJ-7.
It has sat mostly in one place for the last month.
Last time I parked it, it had a full tank of gas.
Then last week I wanted to take it out so I went to the gas station, and
just to make sure, I topped it off with 30 cents of gas.
Drove it for 27 miles when it promptly died. It died in the way a car dies
when it runs out of gas.
So AAA tows it back home to me. Still never starts.
I just put 2 gallons of gas in it and it starts right up!
Now, the guy I bought it from told me that the fuel gauge was
"intermittent". And sure enough, when it had a full tank, it was reading
very low. I thought the fuel gauge was just bad. But now it actually seems
like the problem is something else. When I put the 2 gallons in just now,
it went from dead E to a bit above E.
I assume I have the stock (15 gallon?) fuel tank.
It obviously doesn't leak.
What the heck is going on? Is my tank somehow only holding a few gallons?
Is the gas not getting to the engine when it gets low? Bad fuel pump?
--
"What we need are a couple of good hangings" - FTC Chairman Orson Swindle,
regarding email spam
06-05-2004, 07:01 PM
#2
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Re: Fuel problem
"Must be the battery, I put fifty cents in." -Cheech and Chong
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Jay Stuler wrote:
>
> OK, armchair Jeep mechanic warriors.
>
> '76 CJ-7.
> It has sat mostly in one place for the last month.
> Last time I parked it, it had a full tank of gas.
> Then last week I wanted to take it out so I went to the gas station, and
> just to make sure, I topped it off with 30 cents of gas.
> Drove it for 27 miles when it promptly died. It died in the way a car dies
> when it runs out of gas.
> So AAA tows it back home to me. Still never starts.
> I just put 2 gallons of gas in it and it starts right up!
>
> Now, the guy I bought it from told me that the fuel gauge was
> "intermittent". And sure enough, when it had a full tank, it was reading
> very low. I thought the fuel gauge was just bad. But now it actually seems
> like the problem is something else. When I put the 2 gallons in just now,
> it went from dead E to a bit above E.
>
> I assume I have the stock (15 gallon?) fuel tank.
> It obviously doesn't leak.
> What the heck is going on? Is my tank somehow only holding a few gallons?
> Is the gas not getting to the engine when it gets low? Bad fuel pump?
>
> --
> "What we need are a couple of good hangings" - FTC Chairman Orson Swindle,
> regarding email spam
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Jay Stuler wrote:
>
> OK, armchair Jeep mechanic warriors.
>
> '76 CJ-7.
> It has sat mostly in one place for the last month.
> Last time I parked it, it had a full tank of gas.
> Then last week I wanted to take it out so I went to the gas station, and
> just to make sure, I topped it off with 30 cents of gas.
> Drove it for 27 miles when it promptly died. It died in the way a car dies
> when it runs out of gas.
> So AAA tows it back home to me. Still never starts.
> I just put 2 gallons of gas in it and it starts right up!
>
> Now, the guy I bought it from told me that the fuel gauge was
> "intermittent". And sure enough, when it had a full tank, it was reading
> very low. I thought the fuel gauge was just bad. But now it actually seems
> like the problem is something else. When I put the 2 gallons in just now,
> it went from dead E to a bit above E.
>
> I assume I have the stock (15 gallon?) fuel tank.
> It obviously doesn't leak.
> What the heck is going on? Is my tank somehow only holding a few gallons?
> Is the gas not getting to the engine when it gets low? Bad fuel pump?
>
> --
> "What we need are a couple of good hangings" - FTC Chairman Orson Swindle,
> regarding email spam
06-05-2004, 07:01 PM
#3
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: Fuel problem
"Must be the battery, I put fifty cents in." -Cheech and Chong
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Jay Stuler wrote:
>
> OK, armchair Jeep mechanic warriors.
>
> '76 CJ-7.
> It has sat mostly in one place for the last month.
> Last time I parked it, it had a full tank of gas.
> Then last week I wanted to take it out so I went to the gas station, and
> just to make sure, I topped it off with 30 cents of gas.
> Drove it for 27 miles when it promptly died. It died in the way a car dies
> when it runs out of gas.
> So AAA tows it back home to me. Still never starts.
> I just put 2 gallons of gas in it and it starts right up!
>
> Now, the guy I bought it from told me that the fuel gauge was
> "intermittent". And sure enough, when it had a full tank, it was reading
> very low. I thought the fuel gauge was just bad. But now it actually seems
> like the problem is something else. When I put the 2 gallons in just now,
> it went from dead E to a bit above E.
>
> I assume I have the stock (15 gallon?) fuel tank.
> It obviously doesn't leak.
> What the heck is going on? Is my tank somehow only holding a few gallons?
> Is the gas not getting to the engine when it gets low? Bad fuel pump?
>
> --
> "What we need are a couple of good hangings" - FTC Chairman Orson Swindle,
> regarding email spam
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Jay Stuler wrote:
>
> OK, armchair Jeep mechanic warriors.
>
> '76 CJ-7.
> It has sat mostly in one place for the last month.
> Last time I parked it, it had a full tank of gas.
> Then last week I wanted to take it out so I went to the gas station, and
> just to make sure, I topped it off with 30 cents of gas.
> Drove it for 27 miles when it promptly died. It died in the way a car dies
> when it runs out of gas.
> So AAA tows it back home to me. Still never starts.
> I just put 2 gallons of gas in it and it starts right up!
>
> Now, the guy I bought it from told me that the fuel gauge was
> "intermittent". And sure enough, when it had a full tank, it was reading
> very low. I thought the fuel gauge was just bad. But now it actually seems
> like the problem is something else. When I put the 2 gallons in just now,
> it went from dead E to a bit above E.
>
> I assume I have the stock (15 gallon?) fuel tank.
> It obviously doesn't leak.
> What the heck is going on? Is my tank somehow only holding a few gallons?
> Is the gas not getting to the engine when it gets low? Bad fuel pump?
>
> --
> "What we need are a couple of good hangings" - FTC Chairman Orson Swindle,
> regarding email spam
06-05-2004, 07:01 PM
#4
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: Fuel problem
"Must be the battery, I put fifty cents in." -Cheech and Chong
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Jay Stuler wrote:
>
> OK, armchair Jeep mechanic warriors.
>
> '76 CJ-7.
> It has sat mostly in one place for the last month.
> Last time I parked it, it had a full tank of gas.
> Then last week I wanted to take it out so I went to the gas station, and
> just to make sure, I topped it off with 30 cents of gas.
> Drove it for 27 miles when it promptly died. It died in the way a car dies
> when it runs out of gas.
> So AAA tows it back home to me. Still never starts.
> I just put 2 gallons of gas in it and it starts right up!
>
> Now, the guy I bought it from told me that the fuel gauge was
> "intermittent". And sure enough, when it had a full tank, it was reading
> very low. I thought the fuel gauge was just bad. But now it actually seems
> like the problem is something else. When I put the 2 gallons in just now,
> it went from dead E to a bit above E.
>
> I assume I have the stock (15 gallon?) fuel tank.
> It obviously doesn't leak.
> What the heck is going on? Is my tank somehow only holding a few gallons?
> Is the gas not getting to the engine when it gets low? Bad fuel pump?
>
> --
> "What we need are a couple of good hangings" - FTC Chairman Orson Swindle,
> regarding email spam
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Jay Stuler wrote:
>
> OK, armchair Jeep mechanic warriors.
>
> '76 CJ-7.
> It has sat mostly in one place for the last month.
> Last time I parked it, it had a full tank of gas.
> Then last week I wanted to take it out so I went to the gas station, and
> just to make sure, I topped it off with 30 cents of gas.
> Drove it for 27 miles when it promptly died. It died in the way a car dies
> when it runs out of gas.
> So AAA tows it back home to me. Still never starts.
> I just put 2 gallons of gas in it and it starts right up!
>
> Now, the guy I bought it from told me that the fuel gauge was
> "intermittent". And sure enough, when it had a full tank, it was reading
> very low. I thought the fuel gauge was just bad. But now it actually seems
> like the problem is something else. When I put the 2 gallons in just now,
> it went from dead E to a bit above E.
>
> I assume I have the stock (15 gallon?) fuel tank.
> It obviously doesn't leak.
> What the heck is going on? Is my tank somehow only holding a few gallons?
> Is the gas not getting to the engine when it gets low? Bad fuel pump?
>
> --
> "What we need are a couple of good hangings" - FTC Chairman Orson Swindle,
> regarding email spam
06-05-2004, 07:01 PM
#5
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: Fuel problem
"Must be the battery, I put fifty cents in." -Cheech and Chong
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Jay Stuler wrote:
>
> OK, armchair Jeep mechanic warriors.
>
> '76 CJ-7.
> It has sat mostly in one place for the last month.
> Last time I parked it, it had a full tank of gas.
> Then last week I wanted to take it out so I went to the gas station, and
> just to make sure, I topped it off with 30 cents of gas.
> Drove it for 27 miles when it promptly died. It died in the way a car dies
> when it runs out of gas.
> So AAA tows it back home to me. Still never starts.
> I just put 2 gallons of gas in it and it starts right up!
>
> Now, the guy I bought it from told me that the fuel gauge was
> "intermittent". And sure enough, when it had a full tank, it was reading
> very low. I thought the fuel gauge was just bad. But now it actually seems
> like the problem is something else. When I put the 2 gallons in just now,
> it went from dead E to a bit above E.
>
> I assume I have the stock (15 gallon?) fuel tank.
> It obviously doesn't leak.
> What the heck is going on? Is my tank somehow only holding a few gallons?
> Is the gas not getting to the engine when it gets low? Bad fuel pump?
>
> --
> "What we need are a couple of good hangings" - FTC Chairman Orson Swindle,
> regarding email spam
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Jay Stuler wrote:
>
> OK, armchair Jeep mechanic warriors.
>
> '76 CJ-7.
> It has sat mostly in one place for the last month.
> Last time I parked it, it had a full tank of gas.
> Then last week I wanted to take it out so I went to the gas station, and
> just to make sure, I topped it off with 30 cents of gas.
> Drove it for 27 miles when it promptly died. It died in the way a car dies
> when it runs out of gas.
> So AAA tows it back home to me. Still never starts.
> I just put 2 gallons of gas in it and it starts right up!
>
> Now, the guy I bought it from told me that the fuel gauge was
> "intermittent". And sure enough, when it had a full tank, it was reading
> very low. I thought the fuel gauge was just bad. But now it actually seems
> like the problem is something else. When I put the 2 gallons in just now,
> it went from dead E to a bit above E.
>
> I assume I have the stock (15 gallon?) fuel tank.
> It obviously doesn't leak.
> What the heck is going on? Is my tank somehow only holding a few gallons?
> Is the gas not getting to the engine when it gets low? Bad fuel pump?
>
> --
> "What we need are a couple of good hangings" - FTC Chairman Orson Swindle,
> regarding email spam
06-05-2004, 09:18 PM
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Posts: n/a
Re: Fuel problem
http://www.jcwhitney.com/webapp/wcs/...&storeId=10101
The fuel sending unit. It goes into the gas tank and sends the fuel and
fuel level. Easy to replace. I had the same problem after I replaced my
rusted steel tank with a poly tank about a year ago. The recomendation is
to replace the sending unit at the same time, but I didnt. When the fuel
level dropped to about half a tank, the float would not go any lower. So I
seemed like it was out of gas. Since that time the fuel guage stopped
working altogetjer. I ordered a sending unit last week. I will install it
and it should fix both my problems.
Brad
81 CJ5
"Jay Stuler" <usenetjunk2004@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:c9ti3a$621$1@charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu...
> OK, armchair Jeep mechanic warriors.
>
> '76 CJ-7.
> It has sat mostly in one place for the last month.
> Last time I parked it, it had a full tank of gas.
> Then last week I wanted to take it out so I went to the gas station, and
> just to make sure, I topped it off with 30 cents of gas.
> Drove it for 27 miles when it promptly died. It died in the way a car
dies
> when it runs out of gas.
> So AAA tows it back home to me. Still never starts.
> I just put 2 gallons of gas in it and it starts right up!
>
> Now, the guy I bought it from told me that the fuel gauge was
> "intermittent". And sure enough, when it had a full tank, it was reading
> very low. I thought the fuel gauge was just bad. But now it actually
seems
> like the problem is something else. When I put the 2 gallons in just now,
> it went from dead E to a bit above E.
>
> I assume I have the stock (15 gallon?) fuel tank.
> It obviously doesn't leak.
> What the heck is going on? Is my tank somehow only holding a few gallons?
> Is the gas not getting to the engine when it gets low? Bad fuel pump?
>
> --
> "What we need are a couple of good hangings" - FTC Chairman Orson Swindle,
> regarding email spam
>
>
The fuel sending unit. It goes into the gas tank and sends the fuel and
fuel level. Easy to replace. I had the same problem after I replaced my
rusted steel tank with a poly tank about a year ago. The recomendation is
to replace the sending unit at the same time, but I didnt. When the fuel
level dropped to about half a tank, the float would not go any lower. So I
seemed like it was out of gas. Since that time the fuel guage stopped
working altogetjer. I ordered a sending unit last week. I will install it
and it should fix both my problems.
Brad
81 CJ5
"Jay Stuler" <usenetjunk2004@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:c9ti3a$621$1@charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu...
> OK, armchair Jeep mechanic warriors.
>
> '76 CJ-7.
> It has sat mostly in one place for the last month.
> Last time I parked it, it had a full tank of gas.
> Then last week I wanted to take it out so I went to the gas station, and
> just to make sure, I topped it off with 30 cents of gas.
> Drove it for 27 miles when it promptly died. It died in the way a car
dies
> when it runs out of gas.
> So AAA tows it back home to me. Still never starts.
> I just put 2 gallons of gas in it and it starts right up!
>
> Now, the guy I bought it from told me that the fuel gauge was
> "intermittent". And sure enough, when it had a full tank, it was reading
> very low. I thought the fuel gauge was just bad. But now it actually
seems
> like the problem is something else. When I put the 2 gallons in just now,
> it went from dead E to a bit above E.
>
> I assume I have the stock (15 gallon?) fuel tank.
> It obviously doesn't leak.
> What the heck is going on? Is my tank somehow only holding a few gallons?
> Is the gas not getting to the engine when it gets low? Bad fuel pump?
>
> --
> "What we need are a couple of good hangings" - FTC Chairman Orson Swindle,
> regarding email spam
>
>
06-05-2004, 09:18 PM
#7
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: Fuel problem
http://www.jcwhitney.com/webapp/wcs/...&storeId=10101
The fuel sending unit. It goes into the gas tank and sends the fuel and
fuel level. Easy to replace. I had the same problem after I replaced my
rusted steel tank with a poly tank about a year ago. The recomendation is
to replace the sending unit at the same time, but I didnt. When the fuel
level dropped to about half a tank, the float would not go any lower. So I
seemed like it was out of gas. Since that time the fuel guage stopped
working altogetjer. I ordered a sending unit last week. I will install it
and it should fix both my problems.
Brad
81 CJ5
"Jay Stuler" <usenetjunk2004@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:c9ti3a$621$1@charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu...
> OK, armchair Jeep mechanic warriors.
>
> '76 CJ-7.
> It has sat mostly in one place for the last month.
> Last time I parked it, it had a full tank of gas.
> Then last week I wanted to take it out so I went to the gas station, and
> just to make sure, I topped it off with 30 cents of gas.
> Drove it for 27 miles when it promptly died. It died in the way a car
dies
> when it runs out of gas.
> So AAA tows it back home to me. Still never starts.
> I just put 2 gallons of gas in it and it starts right up!
>
> Now, the guy I bought it from told me that the fuel gauge was
> "intermittent". And sure enough, when it had a full tank, it was reading
> very low. I thought the fuel gauge was just bad. But now it actually
seems
> like the problem is something else. When I put the 2 gallons in just now,
> it went from dead E to a bit above E.
>
> I assume I have the stock (15 gallon?) fuel tank.
> It obviously doesn't leak.
> What the heck is going on? Is my tank somehow only holding a few gallons?
> Is the gas not getting to the engine when it gets low? Bad fuel pump?
>
> --
> "What we need are a couple of good hangings" - FTC Chairman Orson Swindle,
> regarding email spam
>
>
The fuel sending unit. It goes into the gas tank and sends the fuel and
fuel level. Easy to replace. I had the same problem after I replaced my
rusted steel tank with a poly tank about a year ago. The recomendation is
to replace the sending unit at the same time, but I didnt. When the fuel
level dropped to about half a tank, the float would not go any lower. So I
seemed like it was out of gas. Since that time the fuel guage stopped
working altogetjer. I ordered a sending unit last week. I will install it
and it should fix both my problems.
Brad
81 CJ5
"Jay Stuler" <usenetjunk2004@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:c9ti3a$621$1@charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu...
> OK, armchair Jeep mechanic warriors.
>
> '76 CJ-7.
> It has sat mostly in one place for the last month.
> Last time I parked it, it had a full tank of gas.
> Then last week I wanted to take it out so I went to the gas station, and
> just to make sure, I topped it off with 30 cents of gas.
> Drove it for 27 miles when it promptly died. It died in the way a car
dies
> when it runs out of gas.
> So AAA tows it back home to me. Still never starts.
> I just put 2 gallons of gas in it and it starts right up!
>
> Now, the guy I bought it from told me that the fuel gauge was
> "intermittent". And sure enough, when it had a full tank, it was reading
> very low. I thought the fuel gauge was just bad. But now it actually
seems
> like the problem is something else. When I put the 2 gallons in just now,
> it went from dead E to a bit above E.
>
> I assume I have the stock (15 gallon?) fuel tank.
> It obviously doesn't leak.
> What the heck is going on? Is my tank somehow only holding a few gallons?
> Is the gas not getting to the engine when it gets low? Bad fuel pump?
>
> --
> "What we need are a couple of good hangings" - FTC Chairman Orson Swindle,
> regarding email spam
>
>
06-05-2004, 09:18 PM
#8
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: Fuel problem
http://www.jcwhitney.com/webapp/wcs/...&storeId=10101
The fuel sending unit. It goes into the gas tank and sends the fuel and
fuel level. Easy to replace. I had the same problem after I replaced my
rusted steel tank with a poly tank about a year ago. The recomendation is
to replace the sending unit at the same time, but I didnt. When the fuel
level dropped to about half a tank, the float would not go any lower. So I
seemed like it was out of gas. Since that time the fuel guage stopped
working altogetjer. I ordered a sending unit last week. I will install it
and it should fix both my problems.
Brad
81 CJ5
"Jay Stuler" <usenetjunk2004@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:c9ti3a$621$1@charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu...
> OK, armchair Jeep mechanic warriors.
>
> '76 CJ-7.
> It has sat mostly in one place for the last month.
> Last time I parked it, it had a full tank of gas.
> Then last week I wanted to take it out so I went to the gas station, and
> just to make sure, I topped it off with 30 cents of gas.
> Drove it for 27 miles when it promptly died. It died in the way a car
dies
> when it runs out of gas.
> So AAA tows it back home to me. Still never starts.
> I just put 2 gallons of gas in it and it starts right up!
>
> Now, the guy I bought it from told me that the fuel gauge was
> "intermittent". And sure enough, when it had a full tank, it was reading
> very low. I thought the fuel gauge was just bad. But now it actually
seems
> like the problem is something else. When I put the 2 gallons in just now,
> it went from dead E to a bit above E.
>
> I assume I have the stock (15 gallon?) fuel tank.
> It obviously doesn't leak.
> What the heck is going on? Is my tank somehow only holding a few gallons?
> Is the gas not getting to the engine when it gets low? Bad fuel pump?
>
> --
> "What we need are a couple of good hangings" - FTC Chairman Orson Swindle,
> regarding email spam
>
>
The fuel sending unit. It goes into the gas tank and sends the fuel and
fuel level. Easy to replace. I had the same problem after I replaced my
rusted steel tank with a poly tank about a year ago. The recomendation is
to replace the sending unit at the same time, but I didnt. When the fuel
level dropped to about half a tank, the float would not go any lower. So I
seemed like it was out of gas. Since that time the fuel guage stopped
working altogetjer. I ordered a sending unit last week. I will install it
and it should fix both my problems.
Brad
81 CJ5
"Jay Stuler" <usenetjunk2004@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:c9ti3a$621$1@charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu...
> OK, armchair Jeep mechanic warriors.
>
> '76 CJ-7.
> It has sat mostly in one place for the last month.
> Last time I parked it, it had a full tank of gas.
> Then last week I wanted to take it out so I went to the gas station, and
> just to make sure, I topped it off with 30 cents of gas.
> Drove it for 27 miles when it promptly died. It died in the way a car
dies
> when it runs out of gas.
> So AAA tows it back home to me. Still never starts.
> I just put 2 gallons of gas in it and it starts right up!
>
> Now, the guy I bought it from told me that the fuel gauge was
> "intermittent". And sure enough, when it had a full tank, it was reading
> very low. I thought the fuel gauge was just bad. But now it actually
seems
> like the problem is something else. When I put the 2 gallons in just now,
> it went from dead E to a bit above E.
>
> I assume I have the stock (15 gallon?) fuel tank.
> It obviously doesn't leak.
> What the heck is going on? Is my tank somehow only holding a few gallons?
> Is the gas not getting to the engine when it gets low? Bad fuel pump?
>
> --
> "What we need are a couple of good hangings" - FTC Chairman Orson Swindle,
> regarding email spam
>
>
06-05-2004, 09:18 PM
#9
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: Fuel problem
http://www.jcwhitney.com/webapp/wcs/...&storeId=10101
The fuel sending unit. It goes into the gas tank and sends the fuel and
fuel level. Easy to replace. I had the same problem after I replaced my
rusted steel tank with a poly tank about a year ago. The recomendation is
to replace the sending unit at the same time, but I didnt. When the fuel
level dropped to about half a tank, the float would not go any lower. So I
seemed like it was out of gas. Since that time the fuel guage stopped
working altogetjer. I ordered a sending unit last week. I will install it
and it should fix both my problems.
Brad
81 CJ5
"Jay Stuler" <usenetjunk2004@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:c9ti3a$621$1@charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu...
> OK, armchair Jeep mechanic warriors.
>
> '76 CJ-7.
> It has sat mostly in one place for the last month.
> Last time I parked it, it had a full tank of gas.
> Then last week I wanted to take it out so I went to the gas station, and
> just to make sure, I topped it off with 30 cents of gas.
> Drove it for 27 miles when it promptly died. It died in the way a car
dies
> when it runs out of gas.
> So AAA tows it back home to me. Still never starts.
> I just put 2 gallons of gas in it and it starts right up!
>
> Now, the guy I bought it from told me that the fuel gauge was
> "intermittent". And sure enough, when it had a full tank, it was reading
> very low. I thought the fuel gauge was just bad. But now it actually
seems
> like the problem is something else. When I put the 2 gallons in just now,
> it went from dead E to a bit above E.
>
> I assume I have the stock (15 gallon?) fuel tank.
> It obviously doesn't leak.
> What the heck is going on? Is my tank somehow only holding a few gallons?
> Is the gas not getting to the engine when it gets low? Bad fuel pump?
>
> --
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> regarding email spam
>
>
The fuel sending unit. It goes into the gas tank and sends the fuel and
fuel level. Easy to replace. I had the same problem after I replaced my
rusted steel tank with a poly tank about a year ago. The recomendation is
to replace the sending unit at the same time, but I didnt. When the fuel
level dropped to about half a tank, the float would not go any lower. So I
seemed like it was out of gas. Since that time the fuel guage stopped
working altogetjer. I ordered a sending unit last week. I will install it
and it should fix both my problems.
Brad
81 CJ5
"Jay Stuler" <usenetjunk2004@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:c9ti3a$621$1@charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu...
> OK, armchair Jeep mechanic warriors.
>
> '76 CJ-7.
> It has sat mostly in one place for the last month.
> Last time I parked it, it had a full tank of gas.
> Then last week I wanted to take it out so I went to the gas station, and
> just to make sure, I topped it off with 30 cents of gas.
> Drove it for 27 miles when it promptly died. It died in the way a car
dies
> when it runs out of gas.
> So AAA tows it back home to me. Still never starts.
> I just put 2 gallons of gas in it and it starts right up!
>
> Now, the guy I bought it from told me that the fuel gauge was
> "intermittent". And sure enough, when it had a full tank, it was reading
> very low. I thought the fuel gauge was just bad. But now it actually
seems
> like the problem is something else. When I put the 2 gallons in just now,
> it went from dead E to a bit above E.
>
> I assume I have the stock (15 gallon?) fuel tank.
> It obviously doesn't leak.
> What the heck is going on? Is my tank somehow only holding a few gallons?
> Is the gas not getting to the engine when it gets low? Bad fuel pump?
>
> --
> "What we need are a couple of good hangings" - FTC Chairman Orson Swindle,
> regarding email spam
>
>
06-05-2004, 09:38 PM
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Re: Fuel problem
I would suspect that the fuel pickup inside the tank is screwed up somehow.
Chris
"Jay Stuler" <usenetjunk2004@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:c9ti3a$621$1@charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu...
> OK, armchair Jeep mechanic warriors.
>
> '76 CJ-7.
> It has sat mostly in one place for the last month.
> Last time I parked it, it had a full tank of gas.
> Then last week I wanted to take it out so I went to the gas station, and
> just to make sure, I topped it off with 30 cents of gas.
> Drove it for 27 miles when it promptly died. It died in the way a car
dies
> when it runs out of gas.
> So AAA tows it back home to me. Still never starts.
> I just put 2 gallons of gas in it and it starts right up!
>
> Now, the guy I bought it from told me that the fuel gauge was
> "intermittent". And sure enough, when it had a full tank, it was reading
> very low. I thought the fuel gauge was just bad. But now it actually
seems
> like the problem is something else. When I put the 2 gallons in just now,
> it went from dead E to a bit above E.
>
> I assume I have the stock (15 gallon?) fuel tank.
> It obviously doesn't leak.
> What the heck is going on? Is my tank somehow only holding a few gallons?
> Is the gas not getting to the engine when it gets low? Bad fuel pump?
>
> --
> "What we need are a couple of good hangings" - FTC Chairman Orson Swindle,
> regarding email spam
>
>
Chris
"Jay Stuler" <usenetjunk2004@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:c9ti3a$621$1@charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu...
> OK, armchair Jeep mechanic warriors.
>
> '76 CJ-7.
> It has sat mostly in one place for the last month.
> Last time I parked it, it had a full tank of gas.
> Then last week I wanted to take it out so I went to the gas station, and
> just to make sure, I topped it off with 30 cents of gas.
> Drove it for 27 miles when it promptly died. It died in the way a car
dies
> when it runs out of gas.
> So AAA tows it back home to me. Still never starts.
> I just put 2 gallons of gas in it and it starts right up!
>
> Now, the guy I bought it from told me that the fuel gauge was
> "intermittent". And sure enough, when it had a full tank, it was reading
> very low. I thought the fuel gauge was just bad. But now it actually
seems
> like the problem is something else. When I put the 2 gallons in just now,
> it went from dead E to a bit above E.
>
> I assume I have the stock (15 gallon?) fuel tank.
> It obviously doesn't leak.
> What the heck is going on? Is my tank somehow only holding a few gallons?
> Is the gas not getting to the engine when it gets low? Bad fuel pump?
>
> --
> "What we need are a couple of good hangings" - FTC Chairman Orson Swindle,
> regarding email spam
>
>