fuel gauge problem with 1997 grand caravan

From : mrjjr

Q: when the gauge get half full the low fuel warning comes on . has anyone had this problem is there a cheap solution. .

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From : the dog barked and

tbone wrote you could simply say and you did that its nowhere near as bad as they are claiming where did i say this lol is this spin by deletion now that is not my complete statement. you seemed to have deleted the part where i said that you claim that the facts are not correct which you do and are still doing now. there goes your desire to argue where no argument exists. mine then why do you keep replying to me and why were you the one to butt in to begin with any argument takes two and you were the one to both start it if you can call this crap one and are the one continuing it now. go ahead tbone make some more spin bs up toi fill your argumentative desires. i know you can do it. i dont have to spin you are doing more than enough for the both of us. i dont have to others who have much more skill than i do already did that. but they didnt. yes they did. perhaps you should actually read it. no proof that 100% of the 1800 deaths were caused by a poorly designed gas tank. you cant come up with 100% proof that the sun will rise tomorrow. now dont run and hide as you always do. show your proof of your claim. john already did that for me. more complete bullshit. the lawyers may have their opinions on the facts and numbers but the facts and numbers are not a lawyers opinion. what is the facts then tbone 1. the gm engineers said placing the tanks outside of the frame rails is a bad idea. http//www.autosafety.org/gmattd.pdf 2. the gm execs people like you saw a higher profit potential by putting in larger fuel tanks than ford or dodge. 3. these larger tanks would not fit between the frame rails so these execs ignored the engineers warnings and placed them outside of the frame rails 4. shortly after these trucks hit the road gm conducted a accident study of 1973 compared to pre-1973 pickups which showed the 1973 trucks had more fuel leaks from the fuel tank than did the pre-1973 pick-ups. 5. 1800 people died from 1973 to 2000 in vehicle related fires 20x that of the famed ford pinto. 6. mr. ivey was asked whether he could identify a more hazardous location for the fuel tank on a gm pickup than outside the frame. mr. ivey responded well yes...you could put in on the front bumper. ok 1800 people died from fire after an accident. from that you seem to conclude that all 1800 were a result of a poorly designed gas tank. you really should pay attention to what you are arguing about it is not the tank it is its location. the first statement might be fact even though you havent shown any source. http//www.autosafety.org/article.phpscid=94&did=504 your conclusion is what is opinion. got it yet tbone nope not my conclusion. the conclusion of experts in the field and the fact that so many of these trucks burned where others in similar situations didnt. got it yet miles -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving .

From : the dog barked and

problem here is very similar full tank and no problem; get about 50 miles into the full tank and the warning light and buzzer signal for low gas; once the tank is down to a little over 1/2 full the gauge and buzzer work normally. occassionally the gauge registers empty but only for a second or so clears imediately on re-start. had read about a bad load of sulphurized fuel from shell in florida only that supposedly corroded the contacts in the sending unit but do not actually believe that to be the cause; heard also from local mechanic that a similar in that the fuel gauge was responding erratically problem was cured by taking a fine wire brush to the mechanism after removing the pump unit from the tank. i too would care for any/all advice on this matter as the $168 for a new unit doesnt jibe well with my financial situation. when the gauge get half full the low fuel warning comes on . has anyone had this problem is there a cheap solution. .