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Technical => General Tech Discussion => Topic started by: Raven Rider on 2014-09-05 18:09

Title: Gas Guage not reading right
Post by: Raven Rider on 2014-09-05 18:09
When I fill my tank the gas gauge only shows 1/4 full when the gauge shows empty it still has about 10 gal in it.  What is the problem, is it the sender or the gauge?  What do the experts say?  Thanks in advance.
Title: Re: Gas Guage not reading right
Post by: canadian_ranchero on 2014-09-05 18:48
take the wire off the sender and ground it.turn the key on and the fuel gauge should go to full.if it does the sender is no good.
Title: Re: Gas Guage not reading right
Post by: Raven Rider on 2014-09-07 13:16
Thanks
Title: Re: Gas Guage not reading right
Post by: RICH MUISE on 2014-09-07 14:14
You've got a new tank, correct? Does the sending unit look like the old one, or also replaced? Sending units reading incorrectly seem to be  a frequent topic lately, and I seem to recall some of the Ranchero owners discussing the fact the a sending unit for them was not available...I may be wrong on that.
Title: Re: Gas Guage not reading right
Post by: Raven Rider on 2014-09-07 18:06
New Tank old sender that seemed to work when it was bench tested (it was checked with a ohm meter, I did not check it the previous owner did so Ido not know what the reading were).  I will keep looking into this.  I will put in a auto meter under the dash if I have to.
Title: Re: Gas Guage not reading right
Post by: canadian_ranchero on 2014-09-07 18:10
make sure you have a good ground from the tank to the body