Was I wrong? Broken fuel sending unit

yes, you should always be sticking your fuel, and keeping track of it with your mpgs/miles.

i check my tanks everyday




American Trucker

 

my truck can run out of fuel around 1/4 tank mine like to run to one side or the other around 1/4 so i put shutoff valves on to prevent this run one tank when i get to low

 

Yep, I check my tanks, my engine, tires and wheels.... so far they are all still attached to the truck..

Never heard it called sticking fuel. I have stuck the tanks... Most of the time I use a small LED penlight to look in them. My fuel gauge seems to be working good. I've ran down to just above the E, and still had about 40 gals. For us it pays better to not run with full tanks. We get paid by the ton. So having less then full tanks means more pay-load..

 

or you can go in the woods and get you a free stick....or buy a wooden dowel from Home Depot or Lowes.

What i like to do is:

Buy a 1" wooden dowel. Cut it so its 12" longer then your tank is deep. lets say you have 150 gal tanks. put exactly 50gal in the tank, stick it and mark the stick with a small line with a pen. add 50 more gal, and mark it, and repete until the tank is full (even dip when full). Then let the stick fully dry, get a wood burner, and burn a line all the way around the stick at each mark and burn 50gal,100gal, 150gal above the line. Then you have a nice 100% accurate stick, AND you can use it to make sure your tanks are drawing evenly and not leaving 75Gal in 1 tank and 5gal in the other throwing your gauge off.








American Trucker

 

if you use a stick you can see exactly how much is in there, looking down in is like looking at a fish in the water then trying to grab it...never gonna happen, liquid bends light and throws off what you see.





American Trucker

 

maybe, im home for a week so im thinking about makeing some while here, if i do i'll send ya one, but i'll need a tank your size if you want it marked.....Mine are 150 Gal




American Trucker

 

Yes. At one point you should have realized " its been a very long time since I got fuel". I start Looking for fuel at 1/2 tank, same goes for DEF.