Slow to move fuel gauge?

hoodshauler

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Have the a dealer check VIN # and see if it was ordered from the factory with a larger tank. It could have been a special order truck that someone backed out of.
 

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The dealer that I bought it from wasn't the dealer who special ordered the truck, it was dealer traded long distance for another buyer who for whatever reason backed out of the deal on four identical trucks.
I don't know who the original dealer was or if they're still in business. The selling dealer I bought from also has changed hands twice since '03.

The tank looks longer than a few others I've seen but I don't know for sure what size those tanks were. The brackets all look factory to me.
 

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It does not matter which dealer you go to they can pull all the info on your truck by the VIN number
 

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Normal, does the same thing on my 03. Do not cycle the key rapidly on these trucks though. Every time you cycle you cycle the glowplugs and the FICM diagnostics and you can burn out the FICM. Happened to me doing the same exact thing at a pump cost me a FICM and I had an injector fail 500 miles later.
 

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I think I found the solution to the gauge issue, its worked the last three tank fulls.
If I fill the tank to the point when the pump shuts off on its own, then let the foam in the filler neck go down on before putting the cap on, the gas gauge reads full immediately. If I cap it right away, it takes 15 to 18 miles for it to register the full tank.
I have no clue how this affects the gauge unless the float is being hindered by foamed up fuel after a refill?
Pumping fuel slower also seems to prevent the issue but its almost impossible to pump fuel without it foaming up.
 

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FYI, We don't use the word "gas"here to describe anything on a diesel truck. "Fuel" is a much better choice. Saves a lot of confusion. :)
 

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