My fuel gauge has gone mad

I filled up my tank today. I was glad to have a full tank of gas again. I cruised around to different places and was holding a 50mpg + average. I was rather happy today.

Then my car got mad.

Tonight , with only 14 miles on the new tank of 9.5 gallons, my fuel gauge went to E. I was driving away from a friends house and the car beeped. I know that if the car randomly beeps, it's usualy the fuel gauge. I looked up and saw it was blinking, and the Add Fuel sign came on. I was completely surprised. I kept driving to see if it would correct itself. After another 3 or so miles it started to really bug me. I was also keeping track of another potential "problem". My MPG average was dropping. I keep the screen on the Consumption screen ( bar graphs ) so i can watch my average on the right hand side. The instant mpg bar was not going above fifty. I kept feathering the pedal to get it up to around 70 ( where i had it before ) but it wouldn't go. It was stuck around 48mpg. I had no clue what was going on.

I decided to test the sytem, so i pulled order and stoped. I turned the car off and waited a few seconds. I turned the car back on and the fuel light was still blinking. I even saw the "Add Fuel" display. My thought were "ok.. i'll keep driving because it takes time for the bladder to register full." To my expectations the fuel light did not stop blinking. The rest of the trip home i was only able to average around 48 while cruising around 40-50mph. Not only was i only able to average that high, but my mph kept dropping. I had to keep getting the car back up to speed to test the featuring technique. It did not work at all. I was extremely suprised that this point. usualy i can get MPG up by 20 when feathering.

Has ANYONE had any experiance like this or close to anything like this?

 

I just went outside again and tested to see if the situation has changed. Everything remains the same. A friend recommended i try to put more fuel in. If i can add a lot of fuel, then maybe i have a whole in my bladder. I think in order to get an E reading all of a sudden my bladder would have to split or something. The tank was full but not overfilled.

 

I talked to a head technician at Capital Toyota. He was very knowledable. He mentioned that there was a replacement of the filler tube. It could possibly be that but i need to bring the car in. I use it every day, so i have to plan to have it gone for a day. If they keep it, i should get a car to compensate.

As for gas mileage
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When i fill up, i always get low mileage. I was nicely suprised to get a reading of 51mpg average for the first 14 miles of this tank. slowly it will go up if i keep driving it right. I'm trying to keep my normal style ( speeding ) but optimizing my mpg while holding speeds around 50mph. 52mph seems well for a 60mpg readout.... if only i could accelerate using only electric. My numbers while running would be low 50's at first.. but the average would raise a lot. I could get the EV mod to help.. but i don't have cash right now.

I'll keep everyone informed of what's happening/changing.

BTW.. i would consider your temps perfect. I like the mid 70's or 60's here.. i can keep my mpg up.. no AC.. and i always get a good warmup because it's a straight 2.5 miles to the nearest stoplight. I'm usualy warmed up about half way there.

 

My fuel gauge went back to normal around 10pm last night.. all of a sudden, while driving, i had a full tank again. I still need to get that service done though. Or, have it checked.