98 Chevy Venture Gas Gauge

I don't have a short answer. The trouble tree for finding fuel gage problems looks for open or shorted circuits in various areas. Depending what is found and whether or not you find an open or short, can lead to replacement of the pcm, instrument cluster or fuel level sending unit (which I think includes a fuel pump). None of these appear cheap. You said the gage reads high. If you are lucky maybe one of the connectors or grounds has some added resistance because higher resistance means a higher gage reading. I'd first try starting at the fuel tank and unplug or jiggling the connectors associated with the fuel gage... plus remove and retighten any grounds.. or just allow for the fact the gage is off. These are approx: Full = 245 ohms

repair is removing the tank and replacing the sensor, unless it is the dash indicator. any case, this is a $$$ item. Unless it is way off and is not drifting, dont waste your money. GM seems to have problems with gas gauges. I had a 91 grand am that went bad, ran out of gas at 1/8 tank. would not have been so bad except it changed to out of gas at 1/4 tank. cost me 600 bucks five years ago to replace the sensor in the tank.. my 2001 s10 has an issue with the gauge also. i never let it go down to less than 1/4. Other friends have same issue with their 2001 S10s. I also have a 96 S10 that reads full for about 7 gallons before it starts to drop, again, i am living with it rather than spending the bucks to have a working gauge.

I will state that some fuel pumps will burn out when run dry, again another design issue. the 91 never burnt out but have heard of this happening.

good luck and if not too bad, dont bother.