Comments on: Toyota Tundra Fuel Gauge Questions

By: admin (Jason)

admin (Jason) — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 18:12:07 +0000

Mark - Certainly sounds like a faulty sending unit, but if it’s working OK most of the time I say let it be. Those sending units can be expensive to replace - the part is cheap but the labor isn’t.

By: Mickey

Mickey — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 21:58:37 +0000

It sounds like it needs to be replaced. Or you may have a ground causing the issue. My opinion is to replace the fuel guage in the tank.

By: Mark Weber

Mark Weber — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 14:57:09 +0000

I have a 2003 Toyota Tundra with a V8. I’ve owned the vehicle for 2 years and am very happy with it except the fuel guage floats all over the place. I will be driving along with a full, or almost full tank and all of a sudden the guage will start going down. Sometimes it goes all the way down to below empty and then it will start back up. It usually just floats around. Most of the time it will be accurate when I first start it up, but will begin to change after driving for a while.
Can you tell me what’s wrong with it?

By: rm

rm — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 00:07:02 +0000

that sounds good, but usually im haulin ass just to get to work. but it is good when u can drive a bad ass truck and get decent mileage out of it.

By: Mickey

Mickey — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 21:26:33 +0000

Even with gas prices down I still try to get the best to and from work. The extra cash saved goes to the Michelob Ultra Fund.

By: rm

rm — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 18:44:41 +0000

yup, it definetely depends on who is driving, it can save you gas as well as burn it up. but now that gas has gone down i dont worry about it as much, lately ive been getting about 21mpg. and i had to pull my buddies explorer and i got about 19mpg while i was pulling him, that was amazing to me, but i didnt go over 40 when doing it.

By: Mickey

Mickey — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:38:19 +0000

Rm appreciate the comment because I had the same mpg at 24.9 and twice it hit 25mpg going from West Palm Beach to Jacksonville. No one believes it and now you have the same results.

By: rm

rm — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:50:37 +0000

This is very helpful, my buddy drove his dry, and said he got about 22 when the digital read out said 0. It definetely is helpful when towing to have those extra miles, but if you put supreme gas and duel out your exhaust the mileage increases a bit. The best I had was 25mpg and that was driving from houston to beaumont, and I got about 410 miles out of that tank. The worst I have had was 310 miles to a tank, and that was because I was in city the entire time. I’m happy with my 08 5.7L trd tundra, it beats my buddies dodge any day, in just about everything except for his can hold one more passenger than my truck.

By: Jonnyo

Jonnyo — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 00:03:29 +0000

guys, ansewred my question about the fuel tank but if this is the only problem that we have I hope nothing really serious crops up.

By: admin (Jason)

admin (Jason) — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:32:42 +0000

Gary - Great point - thanks for commenting.
Fumanchu - It is what it is man.
Mickey - Thanks for keepin’ it real.