Fuel guage reading permantely full

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lesrollins
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Fuel guage reading permantely full

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I am trying to figure out why the fuel guage is always reading full. It was okay until I fitted some guages to the voltage stabiliser. The guages using the voltage stabiliser are water temp and volt/battery guage. The volt/battery guage is working perfect but I have noticed that the temp guage needle seems to flutter/pulses on the left hand side not really giving any temp guide even when car is warm. Cheers Les
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Re: Fuel guage reading permantely full

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"fuel guage is always reading full" suggests the wire to the sender is shorting to earth.
Probably not the only possible reason, but well worth checking.

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Re: Fuel guage reading permantely full

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The voltage gauge should be wired across 12V not the 10V output of the v/s. Maybe this is affecting your fuel gauge.
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Re: Fuel guage reading permantely full

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As Mike suggests - the problem is likely caused by the extra connections on the vs. Remove them ! Does the fuel gauge work now? Then reconnect the temp gauge only and see if they both still work. Take the volts meter connection directly from a green wire connection - away from the vs.
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