Our fuel gauge works, but only in a way... When the tank is full it only shows as 3/4 full, and when it looks to be nearly empty, it actually has close on a quarter left. I've analysed plenty of fill-ups and am pretty sure about this! I've read about the notoriously dodgy fuel gauge, whereby it just stops working - indeed our last Bongo suffered from this and we got used to filling up every 200 or so miles (it was 250 at first but then if you miss one by mistake you run out... enough said). Is the latest Bongo going the same way? If so can I fix it in the way described so well by others on the forum, e.g. here:
http://www.igmaynard.co.uk/bongo/forum/ ... =3&t=48363
Or is this some other problem? I'm tempted not to worry about it, but if it is going to deteriorate then I'd rather act now.
Cheers
fuel gauge (again...)
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Re: fuel gauge (again...)
try the earth fix
nothing to loose except half an hour
nothing to loose except half an hour
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Sounds like it's the same old problem. Simpler way is apparantly to earth the tank to the body, there should already be a predrilled hole on the tank seam on the forward end on the drivers side, clean back to bare metal, bolt a cable with a decent connector on it & run it a decent earth point on the body, should be a few nearby, again, ensure good contact, then splodge a bit of waxoil over both to protect them.
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Re: fuel gauge (again...)
Agree with Kirsty... But first remove the white connector.missfixit70 wrote:Sounds like it's the same old problem. Simpler way is apparantly to earth the tank to the body, there should already be a predrilled hole on the tank seam on the forward end on the drivers side, clean back to bare metal, bolt a cable with a decent connector on it & run it a decent earth point on the body, should be a few nearby, again, ensure good contact, then splodge a bit of waxoil over both to protect them.
Then short the two female spade terminal on it, then see iff the fuel gauge rises to full with the engine on after a few minutes... If it don't? Could be the gauge itself?
If the gauge rises to full after the short test? Earth black wire straight to chassis.... The tank itself don't earth & you cut out the "middle man."
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Re: fuel gauge (again...)
thanks all!
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Re: fuel gauge (again...)
Hi
I left the bongo bash with half a tank of fuel. 20 minutes up the road the guage reads off the scale past the E of Empty. Thirty minutes later it is back to half full ?
Any Thoughts.
Now that I am Paranoid that something is wrong, Can someone remind me. currently the fuel guage is sitting on half full with the ignition off should it not go to empty when there is no power..
I left the bongo bash with half a tank of fuel. 20 minutes up the road the guage reads off the scale past the E of Empty. Thirty minutes later it is back to half full ?
Any Thoughts.
Now that I am Paranoid that something is wrong, Can someone remind me. currently the fuel guage is sitting on half full with the ignition off should it not go to empty when there is no power..
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Re: fuel gauge (again...)
no its dampened so stays put even with no power
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Re: fuel gauge (again...)
OK so hopefully if it slowly drops over the next few days I have an intermitent fault.westonwarrior wrote:no its dampened so stays put even with no power