fuel guage problems...

fuel guage problems...

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ledger

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Tuesday 27th May 2008
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I've already posted this in the general gassing section, but thought I'd also ask in the SAAB section,original thread is here

http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/gassing/topic.asp?h=0...

and here is my post, has anyone experienced similar problems with their 9-5, or is anyone breaking a 9-5 that I could buy the connector + a few foot of the cable from ?.

The fuel guage on my saab 9-5 died over the weekend. Upon investigiation the sender unit is integral to the pump and has 4 wires going to it. However one of them has completely burnt out. I think this is one of the cables to the sender, hence the lack of a working fuel guage.

I also noticed that the fuel pump had a 30amp fuse instead of a 20amp. Once I replaced this with a 20 amp the fuse blew.

So my plan is to get back to a point on the burnt out wire where I can make a decent connection (probably a bullet connector) and then replace the cable up to the fuel pump. I'm not sure how I will deal with the "special" connector at the fuel pump as there is no salvegable wire at the connector.

Or am I being too simplistic ?.