fuel gauge (or lack of)

110 · Post by **110** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 9:38 pm

hi,came to work tonight and fuel gauge reading three quarters,pulled the car in to the warehouse for the night and suddenly fuel gauge only goes up into the red and fuel light is on and low fuel warning on display.have checked for leaks but bone dry.put £40 in last night....any ideas chaps?
thanks.

Post by **steve_earwig** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 9:45 pm

The float's fallen off the end of the sender?

V6Exec · Post by **V6Exec** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 9:49 pm

110 wrote:put £40 in last night ... came to work ... fuel gauge in the red

That sounds like a regular day for me and the V6

110 · Post by **110** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 10:19 pm

thanks guys,looks like it`s a trip round the garage tomorrow ,is the sender a swine to get at then?.

Post by **steve_earwig** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 10:49 pm

Actually, looking at haynes, there's only one feed, so presumably the light isn't a separate contact but put up by the dash ecu when the gauge drops. The sender is also part of the fuel pump (

) so not something you want to mess with without checking owt else first. Apparently, you can get to the pump through a cover under the back seat, I'm still not sure about the wiring though, Haynes is typically vague. I think the best you can do is pull the connector off, then turn the ignition on and see if the light still shines, if it goes out then it's the sender, if it stays on then it could be anywhere!

Bluddy overcomplicated cars, maybe I should give up and buy a horse...

110 · Post by **110** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 1:32 am

well i just started the car in the warehouse and the gauge very slowly went up to the half way mark and now when i switch off and on it goes to that mark and i can see the needle very slightly swaying..strange.
however when i gave the top of the dashboard a good thump the fuel gauge illumination went out along with the door open light and the headlight on indicator and they all came back on with another thump

.
french wiring eh

mjb · Post by **mjb** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 2:11 pm

V6Exec wrote:
110 wrote:put £40 in last night ... came to work ... fuel gauge in the red
That sounds like a regular day for me and the V6

I'm down to 300 miles for £70 of fuel... erk.

V6Exec · Post by **V6Exec** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 8:20 pm

mjb wrote:
V6Exec wrote:
110 wrote:put £40 in last night ... came to work ... fuel gauge in the red
That sounds like a regular day for me and the V6
I'm down to 300 miles for £70 of fuel... erk.

It would take driving like a granny to get up to that

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