The petrol gauge on my V8 D1 stopped working today, suddenly dropped from
1/4 full to empty and won't rise. Any ideas where I start looking for the fault. I was on an off road day so the car was getting a good workout at the time.
Wires broke on the sender .. if it's at all like the diesel .. ;)
Take the carpets out from the boot, undo the six screws over the plate, undo the fuel lines (dunno if the petrol ones might be pressurised?) and undo the large collar on the sender unit. Lift it out and the float will drop, look next to the support pillar there's a wiper plate, with a small lead going to the float arm, this will have broike but it's an easy soldering fix .. ;)
Assembly, as they say, is the reverse of dis-assembly .. ;)
Nice one Paul, thanks.
DONT SOLDER IT ON THE CAR FFS!
Or if you do, get a video ...
So doing it by candle light whilst smoking a cigar is not a good idea then???
I live 300 yards from you :(
You could quite literally get a front seat then.
Lee
My diesel SWB had a prob with the sender.. on inspection the float had filled with fuel - and I couldn't get it out! Simple fix.
Drill a hole in it to let the fuel out :-)
....and drive upside down for a few miles :-)
On or around 15 Nov 2009 18:46:57 GMT, "Paul - xxx" enlightened us thusly:
and watch those pipe connections, they can be rusty as f*ck.
For once an easy job!!! Removed the inspection plate (screws came straight out) and found the multi-plug going into the sender had come loose, clipped it back on whilst adding a cable tie to prevent a repeat and bingo :-)
Nice one .. ;)
You should be OK, so long as you don't use one of them gas powered jobs.
All together:- Jammy Sod!
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