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1999 SW2 was running fine-got full tank of gas on Sunday night, and didn't
use the car until Tuesday night. Went to start the car, and the engine
just cranked. I noticed that the fuel tank gauge was not moving. Later in
the evening, I checked the 10 amp fuse (lowest amp should blow first) and
it was ok. I tried starting the car again, and it started to catch. I
pulled out the fuel pump relay but you can't tell anything by just looking
at it and reinserted it. When I tried starting the car again, it cranked
right up. The fuel gauge took a couple of seconds but it also worked. I
noticed that when I shut the engine down and turned the ignition back on
right away, the fuel gauge responded instantly. But if I left the
ignition off for a minute or so, when I turned the key to Acc, it took the
fuel gauge about 3 or 4 seconds to respond. I don't know if any of this is
pertinent, but with electronics all tied together I wanted to tell all.

Now the car is starting fine, but the 'check engine light' is on. I am
bringing it over to get the code read, but would like to get any imput as
to what could be wrong.

I am not comfortable letting my wife and kids use the car until I know
what happened.

Thanks for the help

I hit refresh to see if my question posted, and it resubmitted it self.
Sorry

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> 1999 SW2 was running fine-got full tank of gas on Sunday night, and didn't
> use the car until Tuesday night. Went to start the car, and the engine
> just cranked. I noticed that the fuel tank gauge was not moving. Later in
> the evening, I checked the 10 amp fuse (lowest amp should blow first) and
> it was ok. I tried starting the car again, and it started to catch. I
> pulled out the fuel pump relay but you can't tell anything by just looking
> at it and reinserted it. When I tried starting the car again, it cranked
> right up. The fuel gauge took a couple of seconds but it also worked. I
> noticed that when I shut the engine down and turned the ignition back on
> right away, the fuel gauge responded instantly. But if I left the
> ignition off for a minute or so, when I turned the key to Acc, it took the
> fuel gauge about 3 or 4 seconds to respond. I don't know if any of this is
> pertinent, but with electronics all tied together I wanted to tell all.
>
> Now the car is starting fine, but the 'check engine light' is on. I am
> bringing it over to get the code read, but would like to get any imput as
> to what could be wrong.
>
> I am not comfortable letting my wife and kids use the car until I know
> what happened.
>
> Thanks for the help

The code should help. Right now we would be shooting in the dark. Relays
however are pretty simple especially since a vast majority of GM's
relays have diagrams on them. Though you need a meter and some jumper
wires to check them...