On Mon, 27 Apr 1998, Gambony, Jim wrote:
>
> I'd heard that there was a thread last year on how to test the guage (ground
> out the lead from the tank sender ????)... hopefully someone else can supply
> that answer.
if you use a digital ohm-meter, after you take the sending unit out, at
full it should read about 250ohms, and at empty about 30 (or it might be
the other way around, can't remember when i tested mine).
if it doesn't give you these readings, the sender is probably at fault.
> >
> > Ken Tharp wrote:
> > > When I fill the tank, it reads a little less than 1/2 full. It rapidly
> > > slides down to "E" from there - by the time I've driven 50 miles on my
> > > new tank of gasoline, it says it's empty.
> >
> > Yup, it sounds like your float has sunk. It could be electrical, though.
> > There are some things you can check on your way to removing the float
> > mechanism. In particular, the electrical contacts on top of the float
> > mechanism might be filthy, or the ground wire might have fallen off.
> > Similar problems might exist at the guage end.
>
nik jaremka
'72 spitfire IV
just drive it...
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