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Old Mar 6, 2004 | 10:36 PM
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fuel marker

i was wondering if anyone ever encountered this:

after i filled the gas, usually the fuel marker goes to 'F'
however this time it did not go all the way, (even after I refilled it again, since I thought I may not have filled it completely)
and finally it came all the way after 10 min or so driving.
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Old Mar 6, 2004 | 11:00 PM
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Did you turn the car off while fueling?
The gauge may not go all the way to F immediately if the engine is on while fueling.
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Old Mar 7, 2004 | 12:46 AM
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hi:

I thought I did..turn it off.
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Old Mar 9, 2004 | 04:48 PM
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This has happened once on our '02 C240. In our case, the gauge needle took nearly a half hour to ...very slowly....get up to near the F mark. Hasn't happened before or since - just the one time. I was all set to hit the dealer about the infamous fuel-sending-unit problem, but it has never recurred [knock on polished wood].
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Old Mar 9, 2004 | 08:21 PM
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I recalled that as soon as I was ready to pump the gas, I saw that my audio screen was still ON....

then I came back to turn the audio OFF...

i don't exactly remember how this happened...

anyway, do you think this could cause the problem??
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