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30-01-2005, 03:23 PM
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Hmmm Gold!!!
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Brisbane, Northside
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Hey everyone, well im back with problem #438.
My fuel gauge isnt working. As i turn the car on, it rises to the full mark but it hits that the drops straight to empty. I wasnt sure if it was the gauge or the sender. i unplugged the sender on the tank and the gauge did the same thing. this makes me think the gauge is rooted. does this sound like a reasonable explaination to u? i just dont want to get a new one when its not that at fault thnks bender
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31-01-2005, 11:04 AM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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Bender .... I could just about bet anything that its the guage ... there was a thread about this before and we all seem to have similar problems of guages not reading correctly or not at all :(
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31-01-2005, 02:02 PM
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Burnin Rubber
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Location: Melbourne, Victoria
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Good ole Ford building of a Guess-o-Fuel meter (tm). Just get the whole lot changed, i hould hopefully fix it, unless you get components from another car that suffers the same problem.
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31-01-2005, 10:40 PM
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Starter Motor
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Melbourne
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The gauge is probably ok.
You've got an open circuit somewhere in the wiring to the tank sender or the sender itself is open circuit. |
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31-01-2005, 11:49 PM
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Location: Brisbane
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Seeing as you've just changed the fuel pump I'd be checking the wiring around that area first.
Which dash have you got? I may be able to find a spare one you can test with
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01-02-2005, 12:03 AM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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Location: Canberra Region
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Yeah the Fairmont I have had this problem, just the sender wire in the boot was just cut (it did have LPG at one stage)
I imagine if the guage was at fault you wouldnt get anything?
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01-02-2005, 11:06 AM
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Hmmm Gold!!!
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Brisbane, Northside
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Ed - i dont think its the fuel pump, while i had it out i checked it, another reason i dont think its the pump is when i unplug the sender, the gauge does the same thing...
its EA faimont, with the 6 gauges on it Martin - that was my next step, to see if there is a breakage in the wires anywhere, (could be great fun to fix...) altho im not sure why the wire would have been cut. unless theres some dodgy wiring going on  bender
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01-02-2005, 07:15 PM
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Location: Brisbane
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Sorry mate I didnt mean the sender/pump assembly, I meant the loom that connects to it laying around in the boot, like you may have pulled on it or crushed it or something, ya never know. I always try and look in the area that has been recently disturbed that may have something to do with a new problem
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