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chrisdebois
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Faulty fuel gauge.

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Hello. Just sorting things on my new tourer restoration. The fuel gauge doesn't work and is stuck permanently on 'full.' With this description does this seem like a gauge problem rather than a sender unit problem? Chris
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Re: Faulty fuel gauge.

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obviously not something i would do :oops: but is it possible that the needle is "trapped" between the fuel gauge and the speedo, does tapping the speedo when everything turned off allow it to return to zero?
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Re: Faulty fuel gauge.

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I've just had a quick look. There is power getting to the fuel gauge but on checking to see if the arm was getting snagged I noticed it just seems to be moving about with no resistance - just sort of limply hanging there. Just ordered a second hand one from ESM Minors.

Chris.
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But you don't answer the question .... Does it fall back when Ign is off?
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Re: Faulty fuel gauge.

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Couple of years ago my speedometer stuck at zero for a few days. Gave it a good tap,in frustration,and it's been fine ever since. No idea what made it do that but whatever...
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Re: Faulty fuel gauge.

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No reason this shouldn't be a sender problem. My sender had simply become seized in the quarter of a tank position, freed it off, a little WD-40, works a treat now.

As said, whether it goes back to 0 with the ignition off is a good question!
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Re: Faulty fuel gauge.

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Hi.

No, the arm doesn't move at all when the ignition is turned on/off. There is a voltage getting there so I'm confident it's the gauge itself.
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Forgot to say - it was stuck on full because the arm was caught behind the arm stop on the right hand (full) side.
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chrisdebois wrote:Forgot to say - it was stuck on full because the arm was caught behind the arm stop on the right hand (full) side.
........but still not working when put back in to position - so am happy the gauge is at fault itself.
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Re: Faulty fuel gauge.

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It' s much more likely to be the cable to the sender or the sender itself....
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Re: Faulty fuel gauge.

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The new second hand fuel gauge arrived today. Fitted and working now. :D

Thanks for the replies and advice. Chris.
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