gas gauge problem

[picky]

Progress

the gas gauge on my 87 goes to full when I turn on the key and stays there. It's maybe a ground problem? What are the common causes and where do I look. Thanks in advance for your expertise!

 

[Tug-n-pull]

I will take this one guy's! hehehehe the problem is you have a YJ and there are only 7 known working gas gauges on YJ in the world! hehehe best start looking to the oddometer to gauge when you will need fule! It is a jeep thing! In all seriousness it is just a thing that is so common on YJ's that the fix is not worth the effort. tug

 

[bigTlilODD]

Adjustable Thing.. Maybe TJ XJ ?

LOL, tug's right. And I have one of them. And if I see you in my driveway, I'll beat you. LOL. Mine runs out of gas at about the 1/8 mark. Just start learning how many miles you can get and look at that trip meter.

 

[White]

I dont have a gas gauge.... or a speedo for that matter ..

 

[TwistedCU]

My'92 worked fine, but the one on my '87 jumps back and forth like crazy. Oh well guess I won't have to ask now!

 

[Bounty__Hunter]

My '88 YJ had a jumper of a fuel guage. Best fix I found was to remove the guage cluster and clean the circuit contacts on the back with a pencil eraser.

 

[Snitty]

mine stops working at a quarter tank... when the gauge says 1/4, i can have anywhere between empty to 1/4... i made some camo gauge overlays some time back... i just recalibrated my gauge to be empty at the normal 1/4 tank mark... that way, it says empty when it might be

 

[88Wrangles]

Mine runs out at a 1/4 tank, and jumps all around on the way there!! That is, unless the fuel sending unit decides to stick again-that really sucks because the needle still jumps around, so you think that it is still working.