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Originally posted by brapple:
my first quarter tank seems to go pretty slow always see about 100 or so miles. 200 is pretty normal for half tank then is drops really fast after that, leaveing about 350 maybe 400 if I push, just about always put in 12.5 gal or so too
Same here.
Hector
2003 Rally Red Mitsubishi Evolution VIII
257HP/259TQ
2005 Lapis Blue Mazda 6s
RET: 00 Cabernet Red Ford Contour Zetec ATX SUPERCHARGED
160HP/141TQ
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All city driving and I get 325 miles per tank. That is to the point where it will sputter when taking off from a light. Also, I can never cram more than 13.4 gallons in. Anything more and it spills over.
Once I hit 350 miles all city. That was weird. I've never been able to do it since.
Also, the fuel sender is pretty easy to replace. My gauge would read below empty when I had over a 1/2 tank of gas. After replacing the sender, it is dead on. The old sender was very loose and wasn't contacting properly causing the horribly inaccurate readings.
HTH,
BP
Ben ---'96 Contour GL * Zetec ATX * Tan on Black steelies---
+++JRSC M62 Under Construction+++
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I have the same issue as all above. Reason we have this problem is tied in mostly to the design of the fuel cell/tank. Being a multi-layer plactic contraption you have a few factors to set in. Flex, these are tanks with little as a 3mm inside wall thruout the whole assembly. Then, permination. Plastic soaks up gasoline after so long. So to help with that they apply a resin polymer for the " barrier" between the gas and the rest of the tank.
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In my '99 merc the gas light came on I filled it up till the nozzel poped & got 12.322 gallons in it but if I pushed it I know I could've got at least another gallon in it
DJHEDGE64
1999 MERC MYSTIQUE
2.0 z-tec atx
kicker zr120 amp
2 auidobahn 10" subs & a sony head unit
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The Mystiques have a gas light? Lucky! Or is it all 98+ Contiques? I don't have any cool gas light.  My old non-tach cluster didn't have one and neither of my tach clusters have one. I'm pretty sure that my current cluster was out of a Mystique as well.  BP
Ben ---'96 Contour GL * Zetec ATX * Tan on Black steelies---
+++JRSC M62 Under Construction+++
My big-a$$ mod list.
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I don't have a Gas light. must be 98+ models only.
J.T.
2002 Chevrolet Silverado 294ci V8. Custom CAI, headers on the way...
1997 Mercury Mystique Zetec ATX
Deceased February 2006
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Must be 98+ I dont have a light on my 95, though I do have that problem with the gas. 150KM before its out of the "F" than I get about 100KM on the first qaurter, 150KM second quarter and than it just bottoms out on the last half!
95 Merc Stique
Zetec 2.0 Auto
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Yeah, mine does some wacky stuff too. It'll sit at "F" for like 150miles, then drop like a brick to 1/8 tank in like 60 miles. WTF? 
J.T.
2002 Chevrolet Silverado 294ci V8. Custom CAI, headers on the way...
1997 Mercury Mystique Zetec ATX
Deceased February 2006
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I believe it was the 98+....my car has it. 
Hector
2003 Rally Red Mitsubishi Evolution VIII
257HP/259TQ
2005 Lapis Blue Mazda 6s
RET: 00 Cabernet Red Ford Contour Zetec ATX SUPERCHARGED
160HP/141TQ
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Yeah, I just did a a maintance check on my tour.
99 4cyl LX
67,500 Miles
Oil change every 2,500 miles
Transmission Oil flush and changed
New spark plugs and wires
New O2 sensor in bank 1
New intake sensor (mass air flow sensor, the senor next to the air box)
New fuel filter
Fuel Injector cleaner in fuel tank
New winter tires with correct air pressure
It feels like I just drove it off the lot! It shifts really nice and I feel I am getting better gas mileage than before. But I still get the same fuel gauge reading as the rest of you. The first half of tank seems to last long, but once 1/2 tank reaches it feels like I have a v8 enginge! Silly gauge!
"Do what you like, Because you have to drive it!"-Me
99 Contour LX
95 Mustang GT Convertible
97 Z24 Cavalier
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