speedemoneire Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 i have taken my fuel sender out of the tank and wired it direct to the gauge. when the ball on the sender is down the gauge is empty and when thesender is up the gauge is full but there is nothing in between. do yous think the sender is faulty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 Sounds like a worn out sender to me, it's only a variable resistor winding, probably got broken wires inside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mo Murphy Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 Yup, time for a new one Mo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedemoneire Posted September 17, 2010 Author Share Posted September 17, 2010 Morning i have shorted out the resistor terminal and the fuel low terminal at the top of the unit and their is contiuity at the bottom of the resistor that is what has me stumped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickwilliams Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 Have you got the gauge connected to the low fuel light warning switch terminal instead of the fuel gauge sender terminal? Working from the rear of the tank, the three terminals are earth (black wire), low fuel warning light (white/slate wire) and gauge sender (green/black wire). If you have got the wires on the wrong terminals you could get the effect you are seeing. Nick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedemoneire Posted September 18, 2010 Author Share Posted September 18, 2010 sounds possible ill check it out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedemoneire Posted September 21, 2010 Author Share Posted September 21, 2010 \ive swapped the wires to there correct connection and it now reads full all the time even when i open the sender and slide the connection up and down the resistor sounds like a faulty sender hey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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