fuel gauge

Asked by GuruCWF63 Feb 10, 2019 at 10:49 AM about the 1997 Buick Century Custom Sedan FWD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

my fuel gauge doesnt work what could be the problem car runs ok

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dan answered 5 years ago

Fuel gauge is operated by a float on the sending unit in the gas tank, called a potentiometer. Either the float is mechanically broken on the wire from the sending unit to the gauge is bad or the gauge itself. Most likely the float itself is bad

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GuruS9WBX answered 5 years ago

So can I just purchase a new float or do I need to purchase a whole new fuel pump that has the float already assembled.

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