2000 silverado 5.3L fuel gauge not workin

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Matt Venditti - 08 Feb 2005 04:12 GMT

Hey everyone

I have a 2000 silverado with the 5.3 L in it. The truck has the 26 gal.
tank (reg. cab, 6 ft. bed) in it. Sometimes when I start the truck, the gas
gauge on the dash will read empty (even though there is plenty of gas in the
tank), but then after driving for like 5 minutes the gauge will read
correctly. The past month I've been having this problem, and its been
occuring more frequently. I would say that lately it happens every 3 times
I start the truck. The engine being warm or cold, it doesnt affect it. Any
ideas? I'm thinkin bad sending unit.

Thanks
Matt

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Hardpan - 08 Feb 2005 16:43 GMT

>Hey everyone
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>I start the truck. The engine being warm or cold, it doesnt affect it. Any
>ideas? I'm thinkin bad sending unit.

Yeap. Its almost never the guage on the dash.

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nevlis - 08 Feb 2005 21:32 GMT

>>Hey everyone
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> Yeap. Its almost never the guage on the dash.

My 2000 Silverado had the same problem... I changed the fuel sending unt
which is inside the tank and all is fine now. It was not that big of a
job.

Hope this helps

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john smith - 09 Feb 2005 03:01 GMT

True

> Hey everyone
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> Thanks
> Matt

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