The float probably has a small hole in it so it's starting to fill with fuel causing it to bob up and down. Replace the float/sender unit. --- Ray Hill <micholetti@KNOLOGY.NET> wrote: > My daughter has reported that the fuel gauge on her > '86 Vanagon (AKA the > "Mystery Machine") is pulsing (slowly bouncing) > between "E" and about half > full. Any one care to comment on a possible cause. > Is there a voltage > stabilizer, or perhaps a ground issue here that may > be a cause? If so, > where is the stabilizer located, and where is the > associated ground wires? > > Thanks, > Ray in Alabama >
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