Q: Hey luis my cars fuel meter always says its full and i wanted to know how much would it be to fix this problem?
The car says full all the time when i drive it and when it starts but says empty when it stays in a certain place for a while especially during red lights.
My car has 180000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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