fuel guage problems

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scoobywagon 1

fuel guage problems

Post by scoobywagon 1 » Thu Dec 22, 2011 5:29 pm

Hi Everybody
has anyone had their fuel gauge indicating quarter full when its full up ,filled her right up this morning still the same .do they stick or is it the sender unit? help please.
merry christmas :D
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westonwarrior
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Re: fuel guage problems

Post by westonwarrior » Thu Dec 22, 2011 5:40 pm

Ah yes the standard fuel guage fault

Its a bad earth in the sender unit with several ways of fixing it
the faq section has some fixes for you to look at

http://www.igmaynard.co.uk/bongo/forum/ ... 43&t=51102
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Re: fuel guage problems

Post by maxheadroom » Thu Dec 22, 2011 5:41 pm

Try this link and I think some people are just earthing the tank. Use the search ti find out more :D

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http://www.igmaynard.co.uk/bongo/forum/ ... e&start=15
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Re: fuel guage problems

Post by briwy » Fri Dec 23, 2011 11:36 am

When ours went wonky I scraped to bare metal round one of the holes in the tank rim, soldered a couple of eyes onto a wire, bolted through the hole in the tank rim and connected the other end to a bolt on the chassis near the under the driver's seat.
Sprayed the whole lot with waxoyl, works a treat and took about 10 minutes.
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