Oops, I didn't read your mail correctly. Try grounding the guage lead at the
tank. If it goes to
full and stays there, the problemwill be either the sender in the tank, a bad
ground at the tank,
or a bad electrical connection at the tank.
If the guage behaves the same with the tank wire grounded, I would look at the
connections on the
back of the guage. Ground the tank connection and see if things change. If
you get a full reading,
then I would clean the tank wire electrical connections and make sure that they
are tight. If that
doesn't do it, try cleaning and tightning the power connection. If all else
fails, I expect the
guage to be defective. I don't recall any contacts inside the guage that could
be dirty, but it
wouldn't hurt a defective guage to open it up and take a look. As I recall the
guage is just a
small heating element wrapped around a bi-metal strip that is connected to the
needle. Heating the
bi-metal strip makes it bend, pushing/pulling the needle. If my recollections
are correct, the
only way that the guage could be the problem is if there is a connection that
breaks the connection
when the strip bends.
Good luck.
Peace,
Pat
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