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Fuel gauge is worthless. #1378843 09/06/05 02:24 AM
Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 1,224 Inbetween turbo and super land... B ButtonPuncher_dup1 OP Hard-core CEG\'er
OP ButtonPuncher_dup1 Hard-core CEG\'er B Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 1,224 Inbetween turbo and super land...	Is this a sender problem or a wiring problem? My fuel gauge is completely useless right now. It will show 1/8 of a tank when I have over 2/3 of a tank of gas. It reads off the scale low when I'm below 1/2 tank. I'm planning on upgrading to a Walboro pumps when I put my turbo on. I'm just wondering what else I need to replace/fix to get accurate fuel level readings. Thanks, Ben Ben ---'96 Contour GL * Zetec ATX * Tan on Black steelies--- +++JRSC M62 Under Construction+++ My big-a$$ mod list.

Re: Fuel gauge is worthless. #1378844 09/06/05 02:26 AM
Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 202 Z zetec, md/do CEG\'er
zetec, md/do CEG\'er Z Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 202	I believe it is the shape of the tank that gives misreadings... 1998 Silver Frost LX C-27 Kit, 19x7.5 42 offset Gunmetal rims, 20% tint, engine mods to come shortly... "It's never too late to be what you might have been."

Re: Fuel gauge is worthless. #1378845 09/06/05 03:34 AM
Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 1,224 Inbetween turbo and super land... B ButtonPuncher_dup1 OP Hard-core CEG\'er
OP ButtonPuncher_dup1 Hard-core CEG\'er B Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 1,224 Inbetween turbo and super land...	LOL! No, it used to work just fine. There is definitely something wrong with it. Thanks though. Ben ---'96 Contour GL * Zetec ATX * Tan on Black steelies--- +++JRSC M62 Under Construction+++ My big-a$$ mod list.

Re: Fuel gauge is worthless. #1378846 09/06/05 02:29 PM
Joined: May 2001 Posts: 254 CT S svtavino_dup1 CEG\'er
svtavino_dup1 CEG\'er S Joined: May 2001 Posts: 254 CT	Sounds like you need to replace the level sender. Usally if they start to fail they fail on the low end so you don't run out of fuel. It should be easy to replace but you probably just cant by the sender and will have to buy a whole fuel module. Green 2000 SVT #1166 mods-K&N and Custom heat shield, optimized y pipe, Magnaflow center resonator, DMDhttp://www.geocities.com/savinoss/Cars.html -Wifes car 99 Mystique V6 5 spd

Re: Fuel gauge is worthless. #1378847 09/07/05 12:16 AM
Joined: May 2005 Posts: 23 H Hardrive New CEG\'er
Hardrive New CEG\'er H Joined: May 2005 Posts: 23	Fuel sending unit is a whole other than replacing the pump. Sounds like it may be the float arm contacts. Try pulling the unit when you start your project and check the contact on the arm itself, it rubs against a contact board to send the right ohm signal for full and empty readings. May just be dirty from the filter sock needing a cleaning.

Re: Fuel gauge is worthless. #1378848 09/07/05 03:50 AM
Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 1,224 Inbetween turbo and super land... B ButtonPuncher_dup1 OP Hard-core CEG\'er
OP ButtonPuncher_dup1 Hard-core CEG\'er B Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 1,224 Inbetween turbo and super land...	This rocks! In my big box of parts, I found a shiny new sending unit. Now all I need is the Walboro fuel pump. It'll be a couple of weeks, but I'll let you know if swapping out the unit fixes it. BP Ben ---'96 Contour GL * Zetec ATX * Tan on Black steelies--- +++JRSC M62 Under Construction+++ My big-a$$ mod list.

Re: Fuel gauge is worthless. #1378849 09/07/05 04:04 AM
Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 4,141 New Berlin, WI P Pole120 Hard-core CEG\'er
Pole120 Hard-core CEG\'er P Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 4,141 New Berlin, WI	please do...mine acts up on occasion as well. 99 SE V6\5spd - 156 HP\157 TQ 15.166-90.84 Totaled 02/12/06 99 SVT # 1571 - 175 HP\153 TQ 14.999-91.88 Born 3/24/99 Reborn 3/18/06 Pietenpol Racing Technologies project vehicle 90 Festiva L 5spd, Blue(not for long), 103k

Re: Fuel gauge is worthless. #1378850 09/17/05 07:39 AM
Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 1,224 Inbetween turbo and super land... B ButtonPuncher_dup1 OP Hard-core CEG\'er
OP ButtonPuncher_dup1 Hard-core CEG\'er B Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 1,224 Inbetween turbo and super land...	I'm pretty sure that it was the sender. My old one had TONS of play in it. When I had it out of the tank and hooked up to a ohmmeter, it would jump out of range quite a bit. That makes sense why it was always reading low. The higher the resistance, the lower the guage reads. Now that the new one is in, it is dead on. For reference I am now getting the following readings with my new sender: Full=22.3 Ohms Empty=147.15 Ohms I'll let it run through a couple tanks of gas and give everyone an update. BTW, I wonder if someone like Bill Jenkins can hook us up with just the sending unit. BP Ben ---'96 Contour GL * Zetec ATX * Tan on Black steelies--- +++JRSC M62 Under Construction+++ My big-a$$ mod list.

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