# 2004 Chevrolet Silverado 3500HD - Help request - Fuel gauge issu

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2004-chevrolet-silverado-3500hd-help-request-fuel-gauge-issu/170084>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** chevrolet\
**Created:** [September 17, 2020, 8:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2004-chevrolet-silverado-3500hd-help-request-fuel-gauge-issu/170084 "2020-09-17T20:53:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![wayneh1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9bcb4/32.png) [@wayneh1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wayneh1)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 8:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2004-chevrolet-silverado-3500hd-help-request-fuel-gauge-issu/170084/1 "2020-09-17T20:53:21Z")

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trying to diaganose inop. fuel guage on 2004 chev c5500 dual tanks

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**Author:** ![Barkydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/barkydog/32/2470_2.png) [@Barkydog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Barkydog)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 11:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2004-chevrolet-silverado-3500hd-help-request-fuel-gauge-issu/170084/2 "2020-09-17T23:01:34Z")

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I would look at stepper motor.

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**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2020, 2:40am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2004-chevrolet-silverado-3500hd-help-request-fuel-gauge-issu/170084/3 "2020-09-18T02:40:59Z")

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> [@wayneh1](#):
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> trying to diaganose inop. fuel guage on 2004 chev c5500 dual tanks

First of all, make up your mind which vehicle you have

Is it a Silverado 3500HD . . . ?

Or is it a C5500 . . . ?!

They are completely different trucks

And I have to know what you’ve got before I give any advice

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**Author:** ![Nevada\_545](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nevada_545/32/41232_2.png) [@Nevada\_545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nevada_545)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2020, 3:14am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2004-chevrolet-silverado-3500hd-help-request-fuel-gauge-issu/170084/4 "2020-09-18T03:14:49Z")

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I suspect that C5500 isn’t a choice in the scroll down at the Car Complaints site. I would trust the OP’s statement over the title.

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**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2020, 4:01am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2004-chevrolet-silverado-3500hd-help-request-fuel-gauge-issu/170084/5 "2020-09-18T04:01:56Z")

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I’ll say one thing, in regards to the C5500 and stepper motors . . .

They don’t commonly have those problems, unlike the smaller GM trucks of the era

Very rare

We have plenty of GM trucks in our fleet, of various vintages, class 1 - 8 . . . and the class 4 and up trucks don’t really have the same problems as the smaller ones