Q: Fuel gauge is not working.

asked by on February 16, 2017

So my fuel gauge always reads a bit over full but when key is shut off it goes to e. I just replaced fuel pump with Delphi top of the line and connector thinking it was thr sending unit but it does the same thing any idea where I should turn to next

My car has 180000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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