Fuel gauge problem
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niccy b said:
So I filled up this morning.... Done 70 miles an the gauge still reads full. Great sounding I know but this isn't right. Is stuck!!!! Any ideas ?????
Ps. C u tomo at goodwood
Nic, does the gauge read zero when you switch off? If no then its the gauge (tap it gently!). If yes then probably the sender in the tank - drive over some bumps with half a tank and see if it frees up.Ps. C u tomo at goodwood
Either way, so long as your odometer is working you won't run out of fuel - will you
niccy b said:
So I filled up this morning.... Done 70 miles an the gauge still reads full. Great sounding I know but this isn't right. Is stuck!!!! Any ideas ?????
Ps. C u tomo at goodwood
Mine is the same normaly starts to drop after 80 or so miles depending on how heavy my right foot is :-)Ps. C u tomo at goodwood
If I remember correctly, the amount of travel of the float on the fuel level sender isn't long enough to reach from the top to the bottom of the tank. So, if you set the sender high, so the float drops right away after you fill up, it will read empty while you still have a lot of fuel in the tank. Or, you can slide the sender lower, so that the lowest position of the float is down at the bottom of the tank - that way, empty on the gauge is closer to an empty tank, but you'll have a dead spot on the gauge when the tank is full.
On our track cars, I usually just use a long wood stick that I dip down through the filler to check the fuel level...
On our track cars, I usually just use a long wood stick that I dip down through the filler to check the fuel level...
Edited by Jim O. on Saturday 30th April 20:00
Jim O. said:
On our track cars, I usually just use a long wood stick that I dip down through the filler to check the fuel level...
Do these guys help you measure fuel levels on your track cars?Edited by Jim O. on Saturday 30th April 20:00
http://redirectingat.com/?id=1044X509854&xs=1&...
Jim O. said:
If I remember correctly, the amount of travel of the float on the fuel level sender isn't long enough to reach from the top to the bottom of the tank. So, if you set the sender high, so the float drops right away after you fill up, it will read empty while you still have a lot of fuel in the tank. Or, you can slide the sender lower, so that the lowest position of the float is down at the bottom of the tank - that way, empty on the gauge is closer to an empty tank, but you'll have a dead spot on the gauge when the tank is full.
On our track cars, I usually just use a long wood stick that I dip down through the filler to check the fuel level...
i have just been through all this myself On our track cars, I usually just use a long wood stick that I dip down through the filler to check the fuel level...
Edited by Jim O. on Saturday 30th April 20:00
it can be changed, bend down the stops to give more travel and then calibrate to the gauge by turning the calibration screw on the back, after playing with mine for a while i got it to read perfect on full and empty, but i kept empty as 4" above bottom of tank on purpose as a safety factor but because i had changed my gauges, the ohms read backwards because i still had the original fuel sender, so i took off the arm and turned it upside down
R0162 said:
andygtt said:
if the guage isnt seeing the sensor it read full all the time... this is one of the small issues I have with mine 
are yu still using the original gauges Andy?Bump!
Got my car back on the road finally after the winter rebuild (I really should do a thread about that!)
Aaaanyway, my fuel gauge doesn't work. I think it's a sticky needle because it goes to full and then just stays at the max, then when I come back to the car some time later it will have returned to zero.
So my questions are... fuel sender? fuel gauge? needle? How do I remove it? Where do I get a new one if all else fails?
Thanks!
Got my car back on the road finally after the winter rebuild (I really should do a thread about that!)
Aaaanyway, my fuel gauge doesn't work. I think it's a sticky needle because it goes to full and then just stays at the max, then when I come back to the car some time later it will have returned to zero.
So my questions are... fuel sender? fuel gauge? needle? How do I remove it? Where do I get a new one if all else fails?
Thanks!
Chapppers said:
Bump!
Got my car back on the road finally after the winter rebuild (I really should do a thread about that!)
Aaaanyway, my fuel gauge doesn't work. I think it's a sticky needle because it goes to full and then just stays at the max, then when I come back to the car some time later it will have returned to zero.
So my questions are... fuel sender? fuel gauge? needle? How do I remove it? Where do I get a new one if all else fails?
Thanks!
Sounds to me like its not plugged in properly, if it grounds to the tank then it will shoot up to full.Got my car back on the road finally after the winter rebuild (I really should do a thread about that!)
Aaaanyway, my fuel gauge doesn't work. I think it's a sticky needle because it goes to full and then just stays at the max, then when I come back to the car some time later it will have returned to zero.
So my questions are... fuel sender? fuel gauge? needle? How do I remove it? Where do I get a new one if all else fails?
Thanks!
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