Faulty fuel guage

[novatek]

hello there ppl of novaload

can somebody please give me some ideas?
iv just bought a very clean sri 46,000 miles lol
the 1 problem is that the fuel gauge doesnt work!

if anybody has any ideas wot this could be then it wud b a great help
Cheers thanx :wink:

[bump]

when you say it doesn't work. what does it do?

ie goes off the scale, doesn't move at all?

if it doesn't move at all then check the earth in the boot as this is where the fuel sender earths and chek the connections at the sender itself.

hope it helps

cheers

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[novatek]

cheers 4 the comment m8,

the needle on the guage just moves about everywher and usually stays at 3 quarters full even wen thers no fuel in.

iv had a play with the sender unit, everything is connected.

the guy who i bought the car off gave me a little electrical component which he said goes in the clocks sumwhere. so i stripped them down 2 the bone and i cant find wher the component goes.

any more ideas plz anybody??? thankyou in advance

[bump]

does the component look like a white bar with two holes in in?

cheers

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[novatek]

no, its about 10mm long, has a metal spade connector shape on one end,
a plasctic black square in the middle then 3 pins/legs on the other end.

cummon lads i know we can figure this out by the end of 2day :lol:

[bump]

erm... never seen anything like that.

could you get a photo?

cheers

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[novatek]

iv managed 2 take a photo

hope it makes sense 2 sumbody. cheers
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c17/sculzy/75faf44b.jpg

[novatek]

if anybody has any other ideas please let me know

cheers

Ben

[leebo]

Like ya said to me, go lift a seta clocks outa a scrappy and just swap the fuel gauge over, hey presto lol

i cant help anyway, sorry mate

[novatek]

could b sumthin in the sender unit tho
god knows

[Jack]

Could be the fuel gauge sender thats duff, or clogged up. My faff does this, when the fuel gauge gets under 1/4 it tends to zip around all over the place, apparently it can be fixed by cleaning the sender. But I'm too lazy for that at the mo :lol:

[Donova]

Just keep your tank full to the brim and you won,t have to worry about a gauge lol. :lol: :lol: :lol: