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Title: fuel guage gone wild
Post by: smurfee on 2016-08-18 13:09
 I had my dash out & now its back in & the gas guage goes down past empty & past full no matter amount of gas ???, which wire cap - green or yellow goes on which side of the guage & can the guage be ajuster ??? (getting oud is hell) :unitedstates: :icon_bigsmurf: :005:
Title: Re: fuel guage gone wild
Post by: mudgrips on 2016-08-22 18:40
Hi I'll take awhile guess that your gauge voltage regulator could be bad  they have them at o rileys
Title: Re: fuel guage gone wild
Post by: JPotter57 on 2016-08-23 14:46
Thats my guess too...takes about 5 or 10 minutes to change..
Title: Re: fuel guage gone wild
Post by: smurfee on 2016-08-23 20:53
  OK, what & where is my guage voltage regulator  :icon_bigsmurf: :unitedstates: :iamwithstupid:
Title: Re: fuel guage gone wild
Post by: lalessi1 on 2016-08-24 06:51
It is a rectangular box screwed to the back of the instrument cluster, two wires. It drops the voltage to the gauges.
Title: Re: fuel guage gone wild
Post by: gasman826 on 2016-08-24 18:18
If the regulator was bad, you would think that it would affect the temperature gauge.
Title: Re: fuel guage gone wild
Post by: smurfee on 2016-08-25 20:32
  Sorry, I have a modern underdash temp guage  :icon_bigsmurf:
Title: Re: fuel guage gone wild
Post by: gasman826 on 2016-08-26 16:57
Testing the regulator is just like testing to determine gauge and sender performance.  Unplug the sender and ground it.  If the gauge is working correctly, it should go to full.  If the regulator is working correctly, the gauge will go from E to F moving slow and fast.  If the gauge goes quickly to full with NO surge, the regulator is not working.  If the gauge stays on E, bad gauge or no power to the gauge...power comes directly from the regulator so regulator would have no power or bad.