citroen xantia fuel gauge

Apr 07, 2005 5 Replies

I bought a 96 xantia 1.9 td sx and the fuel gauge reads almost full all of the time, even when its empty. I tried a second hand fuel gauge and another tank sender unit but its still the same. Has anyone got any idea what the problem might be.


Its not the float, as I said I even tried another complete tank sender unit and it didn't make any difference.

sender wire shorted to earth somewhere

Try running a wire from the sender body to a good ground point, you may not be getting a good return path for the signal. Dave

Try putting a new ground connection from the sender body to a good earth. I had the same problem with a vauxhall where the sender gasket and tank rubber mounts meant the sender did not have a good earth return circuit. Dave Vickers

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