HELP!-Fuel Gauge stopped working.
Andy
1/4 full to empty and won't rise. Any ideas where I start looking for the
fault. I was on an off road day so the car was getting a good workout at the
time.
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Andy
<<'96 D1 V8i Auto>>
Paul - xxx
> The petrol gauge on my V8 D1 stopped working today, suddenly dropped
> from 1/4 full to empty and won't rise. Any ideas where I start
> looking for the fault. I was on an off road day so the car was
> getting a good workout at the time.
Wires broke on the sender .. if it's at all like the diesel .. ;)
Take the carpets out from the boot, undo the six screws over the plate,
undo the fuel lines (dunno if the petrol ones might be pressurised?)
and undo the large collar on the sender unit. Lift it out and the
float will drop, look next to the support pillar there's a wiper plate,
with a small lead going to the float arm, this will have broike but
it's an easy soldering fix .. ;)
Assembly, as they say, is the reverse of dis-assembly .. ;)
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Paul - xxx
'96/'97 Landrover Discovery 300 Tdi
Dyna Tech Cro-Mo comp
Andy
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Nice one Paul, thanks.
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Andy
Nige
DONT SOLDER IT ON THE CAR FFS!
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Nige,
BMW K1200S
Range Rover Vogue
Paul - xxx
Or if you do, get a video ...
Andy
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> Or if you do, get a video ...
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> Paul - xxx
So doing it by candle light whilst smoking a cigar is not a good idea
then???
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Andy
Nige
I live 300 yards from you :(
Lee_D
news:7mb421F...@mid.individual.net...
> Andy wrote:
>>>> DONT SOLDER IT ON THE CAR FFS!
>>>
>>> Or if you do, get a video ...
>>>
>>>
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>>> Paul - xxx
>>
>>
>> So doing it by candle light whilst smoking a cigar is not a good idea
>> then???
>
> I live 300 yards from you :(
>
You could quite literally get a front seat then.
Lee
Alan Pond
"Andy" <andrew...@btinternet.com> wrote:
> The petrol gauge on my V8 D1 stopped working today, suddenly dropped from
> 1/4 full to empty and won't rise. Any ideas where I start looking for the
> fault. I was on an off road day so the car was getting a good workout at the
> time.
My diesel SWB had a prob with the sender.. on inspection the float had
filled with fuel - and I couldn't get it out! Simple fix.
EMB
Drill a hole in it to let the fuel out :-)
asdf
"EMB" <emb...@gmail.com> wrote in message news:hdqgsc$8d2$2...@aioe.org...
....and drive upside down for a few miles :-)
Austin Shackles
<notchec...@hotmail.com> enlightened us thusly:
and watch those pipe connections, they can be rusty as feck.
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Andy
>>>
>>>> The petrol gauge on my V8 D1 stopped working today, suddenly dropped
>>>> from 1/4 full to empty and won't rise. Any ideas where I start looking
>>>> for the fault. I was on an off road day so the car was getting a good
>>>> workout at the time.
>>>
For once an easy job!!! Removed the inspection plate (screws came straight
out) and found the multi-plug going into the sender had come loose, clipped
it back on whilst adding a cable tie to prevent a repeat and bingo :-)
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Andy
<<'96 ex Jap D1 V8i>>
Paul - xxx
Nice one .. ;)
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Paul - xxx
'96/'97 Landrover Discovery 300 Tdi
Dyna Tech Cro-Mo comp
GbH
You should be OK, so long as you don't use one of them gas powered jobs.
GbH
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