My fuel guage is visibly dropping in front of my eyes on my 2005 Honda Accord EX, 6cyl?

L

Lowell Mass

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For the last few weeks, Ive been using so much fuel that I can see the gage dropping as Im driving in front of my eyes. And Im not talking about after driving 100 miles. When I am on the highway, I can feel a very faint sputter and at the exact time I see the gage dip and the needle goes significantly down.

I bought the car brand new, and haven't changed the spark plugs. So today I bought 6 new NGK laser iridium's (was surprised to take out denso's, thought they were ngk's but oh well) The car has just over 115 thousand miles on it so I am crossing my fingers and hoping that this will fix the problem. When I took them out they actually didn't look that bad, so this makes me nervous.

There is no fuel filter on the vehicle per se, and my air filter is ok. I will put my car to the test tonight and see, but when I took it around the block and drove as fast as I could I think I may have noticed it drop a little...

As soon as I get out of work I will put it to the final test. If this doesn't fix the problem, what other problems may I have?
 
if you are seeing any movement with the gauge, it's natural because the "float" in the gas tank will move when on the road especially uphill, downhill or hitting bumps.. it adjusts slowly and may appear as the needle is lowering but .... Just calculate your gas mileage from the time you fill up to the time you have to fill up again. see if that number is changing any. and compare to the "normal" MPG for the vehicle
 
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