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Slow Gas Needle

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CLEMENTE QUINTANILLA
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  • 1999 TOYOTA COROLLA
  • 4 CYL
  • FWD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 15,000 MILES
When I fill up the car with gas the gauge the gas gauge needle moves up too slow.
Monday, August 28th, 2017 AT 1:45 PM

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Tiny
HARRY P
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How slow is too slow? There are some cars that move the needle slowly, which really is fine because at that point you know that it has a full tank.
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Monday, August 28th, 2017 AT 2:34 PM
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CLEMENTE QUINTANILLA
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I had 3/4 of a tank of gas I just filled it up to one minute and forty five seconds before the needle made it all the way to the full mark.
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Monday, August 28th, 2017 AT 4:27 PM
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HARRY P
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That is nothing to worry about. I had a car once that would take ten or fifteen minutes to move that much.
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Monday, August 28th, 2017 AT 6:00 PM
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STEVE W.
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The reason for that is because there is a resistance designed into the gauge so that when you turn corners, hit bumps, fill the tank, the gauge does not wave around like a flag. They changed the gauge design in 2000 so the needle moves a bit faster.
When you should worry is if you fill the tank and it does not go to the full level on the gauge. That is a sending unit failure.
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Tuesday, August 29th, 2017 AT 7:50 PM

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