Fuel gauge stuck?

Question:
This afternoon I stopped to get gas - car was almost on E. Car took $38 of car. When I went to start the car, the fuel gauge was still on the same spot. Just to be sure the problem wasn't at the gas pump, I stopped at another place - car only took about 20 cents, so I know it's full.
Any suggestions on what could be wrong? I would hate to bring car in for something if it's an easy fix.
Thank you!!

Answers:

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First of all get under the car and give the tank a couple of good hits with your hand. If the guage won't move you will need to get some one to ground the hot wire to the fuel tank sending unit, If the gauge moves up you have a bad fuel tank sending unit, if the gauge doesn't move you have a bad gauge.

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Same problem on the ford ranger I had, what i did was:
find out how much it is to replace. if it to much for you to afford at the moment. figure how many miles you can drive before you get low on gas then use the trip setting on the odometer to keep track of you mileage. When you get close to that mark fill her up. I believe they use a similar engine to in my zx2 and I get around 300 mile on a 11 gallon tank. So go about 200 then refill it until you can afford to fix the gage.
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