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Fuel Gauge/Sender
Bush Tucker Man:
Damn thing's playing up
Been out in it tonight, dropped my parents off, got partway home & noticed the fuel-gauge was dropping.
Got to about a mile from home & it's dead against the stop & the low-level light is on :evil:
Now it's only done 165miles since I bought it (& filled it up), so it's not being used.
Points Of Note;
1999 Td5
It can't be the fuse as all 4 instruments are on the same fuse
No smell of diesel at any point around the vehicle when parked (there's no breeze to waft it away)
The gauge seemed to fall rapidly, but not instantaneously.
Didn't check the fuel-cap for tampering, but it wouldn't slosh out (& no smell)
My 'In The Dark' Diagnosis;
Sender unit fault?
Wiring between sender unit & gauge?? (Will this also illuminate the low-level light?)
Any other suggestions??
Are there any other fuses/relay under the seat with the ECU???
Paul:
Hi Richard,
I had something like this on the 200tdi.
Worked some days didn't others...
After much checking and diging around it turned out to be
the sender unit in the tank, Had to buy the whole unit as
the sender wasn't available on it's own.
Nearly £80 for a new one.
drum:
Mine does move considerably faster at the bottom of the scale, than at the top, quite alarming so when your not used to it. However I get over 200 miles even when I've driven long distances in leadboot mode. On mine I've got about 50miles when the light comes on, I know cos I've run out fuel 20 yards from a filling station before now :D
Bush Tucker Man:
--- Quote from: "drum" ---Mine does move considerably faster at the bottom of the scale, than at the top, quite alarming so when your not used to it.
--- End quote ---
Yes, but about a mile & a 1/2 from half-full :? :shock:
I'm just off out for a poke about, as we've said we'll take 'Small-Child' 'Seal-Hunting' at Donna Nook (LIncolnshire) today, but obviously not in the Alaskan sense
Bush Tucker Man:
Nothing immediately apparant.
No; smells, discoloured tarmac underneath, drips.
Can't reach the sender unit as it's in the centre of the tank, my arms aren't long enough.
There's not an access panel in the load-space floor of a Td5 is there??
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