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today i went to the store and i had half a tank left and after driving about 6 miles taht half a tank dropped to quarter of a tank w/ in a minute. i mean w/in a minute or so all the bars for the fuel gauge disappeared b/w the half mark and the quarter mark one by one. i dunno what's going on. plz help.
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were you parked on a hill to start with?
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Maybe your gas meter malfunctioned.
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maybe it just read it wrong befor and the comp was recalibrating the amount of fuel you had left. do you know for sure that you had a half tank or did the display just say that?
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fill her up and see what the gauge does then.
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no i wasn't on a hill to start off with. i know that when i have a half a tank left i usually have driven about 205 miles and this time had only a quarter tank left and i had driven about 195 miles. i went to the store came out started my car hoping that it would be back to normal, but nope i still had only quarter of a tank left. wut do you guys think. thnx
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If your still under warranty just have Toyota check it out.
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right i was thinking about taking it to the dealer as i only have 16000 miles on it and i'm covered till 100k. but i was afraid that they r going to tell me that it's due to my intake or something. wut do you think. thnx for the hlp guys.
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if the dealer is a dick they will tell you to buzz off because of your intake. you could always take your intake out if its a seriouse problem.
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If you continue to pump fuel in after you have topped off your fuel tank on a regular basis it can damage the gauge over time. Perhaps this is the case here.
Last edited by Michael Aristide; Aug 27, 2003 2:41pm.
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if you were parked on an incline it causes your meter to read differently. (more gas on the front or back and less on the opposite side) was that the case?
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no i never pump more gas than i'm supposed to. i always let got after it clicks. also i wasn't parked on n e incline. i did refill my tank to a full tank and i had put in $18 worth of gas meaning my tank really did go down to a quarter. i checked for leaks and i didn't see any. the fuel line looks good too. soo i dunno y it's taking that much gas. hopefully i'm gonna take it to the dealer and have them figure it out. thnx
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