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Fuel guage reading permantely full
Posted: Wed May 18, 2011 3:10 pm
by lesrollins
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
Re: Fuel guage reading permantely full
Posted: Wed May 18, 2011 9:12 pm
by MarkyB
"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.
Re: Fuel guage reading permantely full
Posted: Wed May 18, 2011 10:26 pm
by mike.perry
The voltage gauge should be wired across 12V not the 10V output of the v/s. Maybe this is affecting your fuel gauge.
Re: Fuel guage reading permantely full
Posted: Wed May 18, 2011 11:54 pm
by bmcecosse
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.