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Re: fuel gauge sending unit
Posted by Monster (more from Monster) on Thu, 14 Mar 2002 07:31:48
In Reply to: fuel gauge sending unit, MarkE, Wed, 13 Mar 2002 19:36:19
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Hi, Mark
There's a =slight= possibility your problem is electrical. Go back in there and check the connector. If the connector comes off, typically you will get the empty indication but the fuel low light would be off, not on. If you short the fuel light wire to ground (as if the connector is touching metal back there) then the light will come on. So maybe that's all your problem is. Take a look.
If the connector is still securely fastened, take it off and short the three wires together for a quick test. When you switch the ignition to ON (no need to start the engine) you should see a full indication on the gauge and the low fuel light on. If you get these with the shorted wire test, then the problem is with your sender unit.
Swerving around the pothole may have killed your sender unit as gas sloshed around in the tank. Sender units are the most likely culprit in any fuel gauge related problem. If yours is indicating empty on the gauge with the low fuel warning light on, then the float inside it has sunk to the bottom. It happens, and you just need to replace the sender unit.
Oh, yeah, there's one other possibility I hope you checked... a punctured gas tank -- it really IS empty. You sure you didn't hit that pothole? :>
- = M = -
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