guage cluster, or sending unit
07-30-2005, 10:02 PM
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guage cluster, or sending unit
My fuel guage is on the fritz and just want some input before a spend money on the wrong end of the car. When I got the car a month ago the guage would never go above 1/4 tank no matter how much gas you had. Now it just sits on E. I know my temp guage is wrong because it was sitting on the "R" of normal and when I hooked up a mechanical guage the car never broke 180.
Does this sound like the in tank sending unit has gone bad, or is it all guage cluster? Also has anyone bought a used cluster off ebay, and would they recommend doing that?
Does this sound like the in tank sending unit has gone bad, or is it all guage cluster? Also has anyone bought a used cluster off ebay, and would they recommend doing that?
07-31-2005, 01:04 AM
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RE: guage cluster, or sending unit
to tell you the truth there is no easy way to tell which is bad, you can with an ohm meter and a friend adding gas to the tank and you taking the reading from the sender, but its a pain. the majority of the time its the sender, but dont blame if its the gauge. if it were mine i would just get a new sending unit, a pump and sock filter, and do them at the same time b/c if its more than a few years old its time to change it anyways. then you eliminate a couple of common problems at once. and maybe solve yours
07-31-2005, 01:32 AM
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RE: guage cluster, or sending unit
well see im having my changed tommorow everyone told me it was the sending unit. Mine fluctuates when i hit bumps like itll go from E to F. Ill let you know how it turns out
07-31-2005, 05:29 PM
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RE: guage cluster, or sending unit
hey good guess STANGLX2002, where did you get that idea from. im just saying more than just the sending unit goes bad, the slosh modules go bad as well, also a ground could be loose, or corroded.
07-31-2005, 09:33 PM
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RE: guage cluster, or sending unit
I haven't dropped the tank on one of these in years. I remember the filler neck being the hardest part because it had a strap on it? The previouse owner had just put a new fuel pump in the car not that long ago but I think he didn't do it right because he said he has one of the fuel lines attached with a hose clamp. Also the filler neck is loose inside the the fuel door compartment, so I'm sure he forgot something there. As I go through this car I keep finding things that are rigged. The other owner wasn't much of a mechanic even though he owned a shop.
08-01-2005, 08:29 AM
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RE: guage cluster, or sending unit
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hey good guess STANGLX2002, where did you get that idea from. im just saying more than just the sending unit goes bad, the slosh modules go bad as well, also a ground could be loose, or corroded.
hey good guess STANGLX2002, where did you get that idea from. im just saying more than just the sending unit goes bad, the slosh modules go bad as well, also a ground could be loose, or corroded.