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fuel gauge broken

Postby tonyconway » Sun Oct 09, 2005 7:49 pm

Hi, I have an old 92 Transit camper with a 2.5D engine. The fuel gauge has never worked since I bought it any ideas on what it could be and fixes?
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Postby mrgasoil » Mon Oct 10, 2005 7:45 pm

hi mate.

it could be the sender in the tank.

i used to have an old mgb that read full all the time, turned out to be the sender.
hope this helps :!: :?
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Postby Luke » Mon Oct 10, 2005 7:46 pm

Could also be a wire fell off the sender!!!
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Postby tonyconway » Tue Oct 11, 2005 12:50 pm

Hi, thank's for the response. Can you tell me where the sender is, what it looks like please?

Cheers

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Postby mrgasoil » Tue Oct 11, 2005 6:06 pm

hiya mate,

sender is in the tank, not sure what a transit one looks like but it cant be that much different to the one i changed on my mg :? :?:

as luke said: check the wiring also :)
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Thank's

Postby tonyconway » Tue Oct 11, 2005 11:27 pm

Cheers, I will have a look at that at the weekend.
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