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Old Jan 7, 2009 | 04:32 PM
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Gas Gauge Backwords Full Is Empty, Empty Is Full?

well exactly what the title says. I have recently turbod my slowbalt after then i took it for a drive to make sure everything was ok... well i had parked it for a month or so do to wheather i come back to drive when the streets clear up and i start to realize my gas is going backwords lol any ideas why or how to fix this problem i have tried battery i checked fuses i dont know what could be wrong? lol sounds stupid but tis true lol
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Old Jan 7, 2009 | 05:01 PM
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Probably something with the Trifecta tune. I remember a guy who used to go to the CT meets had bought the stage 3 computer but it was for the wrong year and so all the gauges were backwards. That makes me think that all that is needed is a simple fix in the computer.

BTW, have you dynoed yet?
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Old Jan 7, 2009 | 08:37 PM
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no i have notdynod yet well i talked to vince from trifect he said it should go back to normal after i unhook the battery didnt succeed what so ever i left that thing undone for 2 days i think and when i sent the parameters from the tune he said everything looked completely normal the only difference was the air amount do to how dense it is here in north dakota i get mass air flow he said it was off the charts lol

all the other gauges actually work perfect i dont know what the deal is do u think it would have to do with the ecu or do you think its just the gas gauge in the cluster i mean cuz when we put the tune on the cluster was doing some wierd stuff lol back and faorth all kinds of lighting look like some wierd alien thing goin on lmao

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Old Jan 11, 2009 | 05:04 PM
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Old Jan 11, 2009 | 05:28 PM
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Originally Posted by mnstrcblt
no i have notdynod yet well i talked to vince from trifect he said it should go back to normal after i unhook the battery didnt succeed what so ever i left that thing undone for 2 days i think and when i sent the parameters from the tune he said everything looked completely normal the only difference was the air amount do to how dense it is here in north dakota i get mass air flow he said it was off the charts lol

all the other gauges actually work perfect i dont know what the deal is do u think it would have to do with the ecu or do you think its just the gas gauge in the cluster i mean cuz when we put the tune on the cluster was doing some wierd stuff lol back and faorth all kinds of lighting look like some wierd alien thing goin on lmao
the light show when loading a new tune is normal
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Old Jan 11, 2009 | 05:30 PM
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My gauges are messed up too. Half a tank is full and a full tank is empty lol Thats what i get for not being careful changing the color.
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Old Jan 11, 2009 | 05:35 PM
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whhhhatt... nnoooo wayyy
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Old Jan 11, 2009 | 06:00 PM
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lmao man its a pain! im so not use to getting in a car with empty tank but in reality it is full that is confusing!
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Old Jan 11, 2009 | 06:23 PM
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Damn bro, that sucks man.
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Old Jan 11, 2009 | 06:29 PM
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out of curiosity, does the fuel light turn on after a fill up since the gauge reads zero?
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Old Jan 11, 2009 | 06:43 PM
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on my car the fuel light is off unless Im on empty Aka full
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Old Jan 11, 2009 | 09:18 PM
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lmao yes when my car is completely full it says low fuel and when im empty it doesnt do nething cuz its on full i dont know i get a kick out of it, and the miles actually go up of how much fuel i have say i have 50 miles left on a tank of gas as i use it, it goes up 51 52 etc its commical im like ahh lol
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Old Jan 11, 2009 | 09:23 PM
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lmao yes when my car is completely full it says low fuel and when im empty it doesnt do nething cuz its on full i dont know i get a kick out of it, and the miles actually go up of how much fuel i have say i have 50 miles left on a tank of gas as i use it, it goes up 51 52 etc its commical im like ahh lol
i was just checkin out ur pics, man, i like ur ride, you should get a lip kit to go along with that dual exhaust
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Old Jan 11, 2009 | 09:37 PM
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yeah im workin on it i want to do full bodykit but i nervous about that where i live roads suck! lots of hills and bumps
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Old Jan 11, 2009 | 10:03 PM
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yeah im workin on it i want to do full bodykit but i nervous about that where i live roads suck! lots of hills and bumps
I am so glad I didn't get stationed up there...no offense man...but I don't think that I could handle ND
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Old Jan 11, 2009 | 10:48 PM
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lmao you should see some of the pics i took to send for a friend in cali 2 days ago we just got smoked with 12 inches of snow we suppose to get 5 more tonight and from tonight to wednesday there should another 15 inches more they say ND WEATHER SUCKS! this is the only place i know where it could be 80 degrees one day in "JUNE" and snow the next day in JUNE! wtf lol

and by the way sd is not much better lol

Still No answers?

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Old Jan 12, 2009 | 12:16 PM
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BUMP!
any answers yet how to fix?
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Old Jan 12, 2009 | 10:46 PM
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still nothing? wow!
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Old Jan 12, 2009 | 11:14 PM
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off topic as hell but how is the pipin run under your car for the duals? like where does it split to make duals.
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Old Jan 13, 2009 | 12:29 PM
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WOW like 500000000 views but like 10 replys this cant be good lol
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Old Jan 13, 2009 | 01:32 PM
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I have the same problem with my lsj. I had a mail order tune and it was backwards. I had someone try and fix it with hp tuners but couldn't. Might have to get a new pcm. Im not exactly sure but im just gonna live with it for now. Its accurate but backwards.
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Old Jan 13, 2009 | 01:33 PM
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Originally Posted by SS/SC05/19/05
I have the same problem with my lsj. I had a mail order tune and it was backwards. I had someone try and fix it with hp tuners but couldn't. Might have to get a new pcm. Im not exactly sure but im just gonna live with it for now. Its accurate but backwards.
whhhhttt the ****....

this is wierd lol
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Old Jan 13, 2009 | 03:00 PM
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whhhhttt the ****....

this is wierd lol
Yes it has to do with a tune. I believe ZZP had the problem with their mail order tunes. Might try sending them a PM
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Old Jan 13, 2009 | 03:21 PM
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i was about to say did you get a zzp pcm lol
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Old Jan 13, 2009 | 05:20 PM
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this is what happens when someone flashes the wrong OS to the ecm. maybe if someone was a competent enough tuner they would know this.
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