Car Starts to Sputter as soon as fuel light comes on!
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Car Starts to Sputter as soon as fuel light comes on!
Hello i am having an issue with my GS3 that almost as soon as the low fuel light come on the car starts sputtering. Its not a big deal for me since I usually dont let it get that low but my wife is driving it and she is a little more careless. And I really dont want her running out of gas.
I did some research on this when it first started a few months ago and I say that some people had said that is could be that the float is stuck on some baffleing in the tank but when I replaced the filter on the pump I made sure that the float was good.
I just wanted to see if anyone else has had this issue and knows how to fix it.
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I did some research on this when it first started a few months ago and I say that some people had said that is could be that the float is stuck on some baffleing in the tank but when I replaced the filter on the pump I made sure that the float was good.
I just wanted to see if anyone else has had this issue and knows how to fix it.
Thanks
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I replaced the filter on the pump already and it is still doing it. So yall are thinking that when the fuel level is low that the pump is having a harder time pumping the fuel???
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Most of the pumps I have replaced usually come as an assembly with the sending unit and pump as one unit. When I search on rock auto it gives me a few options but it looks like it only comes with the electric pump it self.Here is the link.
http://www.rockauto.com/catalog/more...420&cc=1363542
should I go with a Denso??
http://www.rockauto.com/catalog/more...420&cc=1363542
should I go with a Denso??
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Changing the filter is not a big job, it only took like 20 min.
I just want to see if anyone else has had this issue with there GS and if so what did they do to fix the issue.
I just want to see if anyone else has had this issue with there GS and if so what did they do to fix the issue.
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I just changed my filter and strainer. When I filled up, it under-read by about 1/16th. So not quite full. It's possible the float arm is slightly out.
But before that , what I did to make sure it's not the pump is that I ran the car down to "E" fuel light and all. Then I changed the filter.
I drove it for a bit after the repair because I had already looked inside the tank when I was doing this and knew it was at roughly 1/16.
No hesitation or kickdown problems or sputtering but it is running a little rougher. But much much better performance.
But before that , what I did to make sure it's not the pump is that I ran the car down to "E" fuel light and all. Then I changed the filter.
I drove it for a bit after the repair because I had already looked inside the tank when I was doing this and knew it was at roughly 1/16.
No hesitation or kickdown problems or sputtering but it is running a little rougher. But much much better performance.
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