1994 Mercury Marquis Reverse fuel gauge

1994 MERCURY MARQUIS
175,000 MILES • V8 • 2WD • AUTOMATIC
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KELLEK
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I recently purchased this car from an aunt, she told that some time ago she brought it in for servicing and soon afterwords she noticed that the fuel gauge was acting odd.
After fueling up the digital display had dropped towards empty and when driving around it was climbing towards full. also the "DIST TO EMPTY" readout is backwards too, it gives low fuel warnings if you fill up and counts up.

Any ideas whats happened guys?
Thanks
Aug 11, 2010 at 12:04 AM
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BLUELIGHTNIN6
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fuel gauge sending unit, on rear of fuel tank, is most likely faulty and needs replaced.
Aug 11, 2010 at 12:26 AM