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Author Topic: Technical Information: Troubleshooting a faulty foxbody gas gauge  (Read 267 times)
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« on: April 30, 2010, 11:05:04 PM »

If the gas gauge needle in your foxbody Ford Mustang is pegged at full,or suddenly drops from full to half way or empty here are a few things that would cause this problem.

If your sending unit is old and original to the car they do tend to go bad after 10+ years of service.Lets face it the 93 fox is now a 17 year old car. If it's the original fuel sending unit it wouldn't be a bad idea to drop the tank and put a new one in. While the tank is lowered also test the power source to the fuel sending unit to make sure it has 12 volts to it with the ignition on.

While you have the tank out, also replace the gas filler tube rubber grommet on the tank if it's old too.
Fuel Sending Unit At 1A Auto


If you add in a new fuel sending unit and you still have an issue, it may be the gauge itself or, on back of the fuel gauge there's a small ciruit board called a (gas gauge amplifier)or(an anti slosh module) they may still be available from Ford here's a picture of what they look like. I'd replace the board before the gauge.

Here's a link to them at Late Model Restoration




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« Reply #1 on: May 01, 2010, 12:44:35 AM »

also keep in mind if you added a "replacement" gauge from companies like autometer or sunpro ect ect... dont connect them in parallel... doing this will also cause the gauges to read falsely and create too much resistance in the circuits... youll read full till your down to the last 2 gallons in the tank and will drop rapidly to E...

how do i know this will happen... because ive tried it and is exactly what happened...
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