Gas Gauge Problem....
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RE: Gas Gauge Problem....
What year car?
When did this start?
Did you do anything under the dash?
In most cases, it's the sender. The tests are simple.
With the ignition on (or on aux so you get an indication on the gauge):
- Remove the push-on connector to the sending unit on the tank. The gauge should drop to empty.
- With a home made jumper wire that will fit into the connector you just pulled off and an alligator clip on the other end of the wire, short out the sender wire to ground. The gauge should go to full. If it does, it's the sender. If it goes to 1/2 tank, it's the gauge.
Jim
When did this start?
Did you do anything under the dash?
In most cases, it's the sender. The tests are simple.
With the ignition on (or on aux so you get an indication on the gauge):
- Remove the push-on connector to the sending unit on the tank. The gauge should drop to empty.
- With a home made jumper wire that will fit into the connector you just pulled off and an alligator clip on the other end of the wire, short out the sender wire to ground. The gauge should go to full. If it does, it's the sender. If it goes to 1/2 tank, it's the gauge.
Jim
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Posts: 691
From: RI
RE: Gas Gauge Problem....
66GTKFB,
Just curious, Do you know offhand what type of connector is on the sender?? Place jumper wire into the connector off the sending unit and ground it out by clipping the alligator clip to a ground. Just what to make sure. I think I have a fuel gauge problem also,
Just curious, Do you know offhand what type of connector is on the sender?? Place jumper wire into the connector off the sending unit and ground it out by clipping the alligator clip to a ground. Just what to make sure. I think I have a fuel gauge problem also,
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Joined: Jun 2006
Posts: 1,483
From: Fontana, California
RE: Gas Gauge Problem....
ORIGINAL: 66GTKFB
What year car?
When did this start?
Did you do anything under the dash?
In most cases, it's the sender. The tests are simple.
With the ignition on (or on aux so you get an indication on the gauge):
- Remove the push-on connector to the sending unit on the tank. The gauge should drop to empty.
- With a home made jumper wire that will fit into the connector you just pulled off and an alligator clip on the other end of the wire, short out the sender wire to ground. The gauge should go to full. If it does, it's the sender. If it goes to 1/2 tank, it's the gauge.
Jim
What year car?
When did this start?
Did you do anything under the dash?
In most cases, it's the sender. The tests are simple.
With the ignition on (or on aux so you get an indication on the gauge):
- Remove the push-on connector to the sending unit on the tank. The gauge should drop to empty.
- With a home made jumper wire that will fit into the connector you just pulled off and an alligator clip on the other end of the wire, short out the sender wire to ground. The gauge should go to full. If it does, it's the sender. If it goes to 1/2 tank, it's the gauge.
Jim
PS it's not repairable if its leaking ( it's like a little bomb)
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RE: Gas Gauge Problem....
I think it's a number 10 stud on the sender. If you have a3 or 4 foot long jumper with alligator clips on both ends, that will make it a bunch easier to hook up to a 10-32 screw to shove into the wire end.
Jim
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