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Old 03-09-2010 | 07:51 PM
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fuel guage reads backwards

so im doin a tvs install. i did a few tunes with trifecta. running into a few problems. belt slipping a bit and water pump died. easy fix. but on the way to work on my car at a shop my car runs out of gas when its showing full. i put 4 gallons in it and now it shows 3/4 of a tank. took it to a gas station and put 6 mor gal in it and its showing 1/4 tank. has this ever happened to anyone?
Old 03-09-2010 | 07:57 PM
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Did you trade PCMs at any point?.. 05s read the gas gauge backwards from all the other years... or maybe you were flashed with a tune from the wrong year?
Old 03-09-2010 | 08:00 PM
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maybe. i emailed vince and asked him. waiting to hear back

Originally Posted by 383_Stroker
Did you trade PCMs at any point?.. 05s read the gas gauge backwards from all the other years... or maybe you were flashed with a tune from the wrong year?
Old 03-10-2010 | 02:41 AM
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LoL Get a black Cat Custom Gauge for your fuel and have that reversed Problem solved.
Old 03-10-2010 | 02:43 AM
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Originally Posted by 383_Stroker
Did you trade PCMs at any point?.. 05s read the gas gauge backwards from all the other years... or maybe you were flashed with a tune from the wrong year?
yep.
Old 03-10-2010 | 02:48 AM
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thats what happens when you have the wrong year PCM.. vince gets your tune by your vin.. so i'm guessing you got a new pcm and it's from a different your then your car is. so when vince flashed you with the correct year it was all like ZWTF lol
Old 03-10-2010 | 03:10 AM
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Yeah, 05-06 they changed polarity on the fuel sender aparrently. Can't switch PCM's over without getting a reverse reading. It still works, it just goes up as you run outta gas. So fill up when you get over 3/4 tank now
Old 03-10-2010 | 03:13 AM
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damn, u must get wicked good millage then! ur tank fills up as u drive?!?!?!
Old 03-10-2010 | 03:29 AM
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I would love to magically have my tank get full while I drive

Well, that is a good thing to note then. I have an 05 and I was just going to order a PCM whenever I get around to going Stage II since this car is my DD.
Old 03-10-2010 | 09:23 AM
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Originally Posted by insylem
LoL Get a black Cat Custom Gauge for your fuel and have that reversed Problem solved.
THat would be the MOD OF THE YEAR!
Old 03-10-2010 | 04:07 PM
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got an email from vince. its in the tune. guess my year has the polarity reversed on my guage. itll get fixed when i update my tune. but i did like that guage mod. except for one thing, my car would still be flashing low fuel whenever i top my tank off
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