I thought that was it too so I started to pay more attention. Any slight acceleration will make the gauge move. It's strange.
----- Original Message ----- From: Doug Host <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wednesday, April 12, 2006 9:04 pm Subject: RE: Gas gauge - 67 Cutlass - Question To: [email protected] > Dave - > I agree with Kurt...all of mine have done that as > well. The problem is the way the float on the sending > gauge is positioned in the tank. Instead of pivoting > from side to side (to avoid exactly the problem you > describe), the float pivots from front to back on the > rheostat arm. When you accelerate quickly, the gas > moving in the tank makes the float move toward the > "low gas" position momentarily, then goes back to > normal as things even out. On some of mine, when I > stopped quickly, I had just the opposite reading > effect. > > As long as it returns to where it should be after a > few seconds, I would not worry about it. Usually a bad > sending unit makes the gauge either hop around > constantly or peg out on one end or the other. Hope > this helps. > > --Doug H. ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > > --- Kurt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > My '66-'67 Cutlass(s) and 442s have always done that > > to some degree. Under > > heavy acceleration, the 442s didn't come back up > > *quite* as far! > > > > Kurt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://wmachines.shubes.net > > '65 Jetstar 1 (4-speed) '66 442 Sports Coupe > > (Tri-Carb, 4-speed) > > '67 442 Convertible (4-speed) '69 442 Convertible > > (3-speed manual) > > '92 Achieva SCX W-41(5-speed) '04 Expedition > > (no-speed) > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf > > Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2006 2:23 PM > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: Gas gauge - 67 Cutlass - Question > > > > > > > > > My gas gauge has been acting funny lately. During > > acceleration (no > > > matter how small), my gauge will start to go down. > > It does down > > > further on heavy acceleration. I was thinking > > that maybe it was my > > > sending unit, so I started to pay more attention. > > It's almost > > > anytime I touch the gas. Could the gauge be bad > > or could something > > > else be causing this? > > > > > > How hard is it to replace the gauge itself? Just > > it just pull out > > > the front? > > > > > > Dave > > > > > > > > > > > > > > **************************************************** > > > This message has been scanned using Contraxx > > > Technology Group mail server v8.0.3 and is virus > > free. > > > Message sent from Mail Server 3 > > > > > **************************************************** > > > > **************************************************** > > This message has been scanned using Contraxx > > Technology Group mail server v8.0.3 and is virus > > free. > > Message sent from Mail Server 3 > > **************************************************** > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com >
