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still have a faulty fuel gauge
Topic Started: Wed Feb 10, 2010 10:04 pm (1,199 Views)
chris-durham
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guys, im still having probs with my fuel gauge on my cossie,

initially it started off flickering badly, quite quickly jumping all over the place - so i swapped the sendor unit with a used item and it was still the same - so put my original back in. I swapped the whole dash over and found it doesnt flicker quickly - but will slowly go up or down by 1/4 tank randomly!!!!

any suggestions what to try next - have i been unlucky and got another faulty fuel gauge?>

Cheers
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rhysmangatmotorsport
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hav u had the sender checked? if faulty it will send wrong readings on ur fuel guage..
If not might be electrical...
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balamb37
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Sounds like it could be an earthing problem.
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shrekky
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mine did this..............and it definitely was the sender unit ;)

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chris-durham
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Guys, where is the earthing point for the sender unit? Cheers
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cosser
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chris-durham
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Guys, where is the earthing point for the sender unit? Cheers
The ground for the fuel sender is in the boot,behind the left hand cover,near the arial/sunroof motor..!!

Cosser..!!
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Check the pins in the connector on the sender unit. My fuel gauge stopped working - picked up a replacement sender unit, then when I came to fit it, I found that the earth pin in the connector was loose. Pushed it back to its correct position and the fuel gauge worked again.
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