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From: Ray O on 19 Jun 2010 11:39

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>>>>> 2002 Tacoma. Fuel gauge needle bounces around when the truck's in
>>>>> motion. At rest, it's as accurate as it was before the problem began.
>>>>> Is the sender at fault, or is there some sort of buffer circuit tucked
>>>>> away somewhere?
>>>>
>>>> None of the above. I believe that the fuel gauge has a viscous oil
>>>> inside that slows the movement of the needle. If the oil has leaked
>>>> out, the needle will move more freely. When you turn the ignition on,
>>>> does the fuel gauge needle rise more rapidly than normal and when you
>>>> turn it off, does it drop more rapidly? If so, the gauge is probably
>>>> shot.
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>> Ray O
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>>>
>>>
>>> Ray, the gauge doesn't rise because it doesn't sink in the first place
>>> when the ignition is shut off. It remains at "reading level", and per
>>> the manual, that's normal.
>>
>> Toyota uses 2 types of fuel gauges - some drop to empty when the ignition
>> is off and some maintain the current reading. In either case, the gauge
>> uses the fluid to dampen the movement of the needle.
>
>
> I'm thinking there's a Ford in my future. This truck is too young for this
> kind of bullshit.

Nummi's quality must be going downhill. It's difficult to believe that a
truck that is only 8 years old needs a repair. Anecdotally, I had to
replace an instrument panel bulb in my son's '05 Tacoma last year, and it
took me almost 15 minutes to take out the instrument cluster, replace the
bulbs, and put it back together again. As further evidence of Toyota's
declining quality, 2 bulbs went out on my wife's '03 Sequoia and it took me
over 20 minutes to replace the bulb behind the "D" on the transmission shift
indicator in the instrument cluster and one of the bulbs for the Homelink
buttons on the overhead. I've never had to replace instrument panel bulbs
in the 50 or 60 Toyotas I've driven over the years.

Alas, the low oil pressure warning light is illuminated on my other son's
'06 Focus and I have already spent over a half hour diagnosing it without
turning off the light. The good news is that the oil pressure is good, the
bad news is that I'll have to find the short to ground in the wiring between
the switch and light, which will probably take more than another half hour.

Maybe goblins in the neighborhood are messing with instrument panel
lights...
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Ray O
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