Last night I put a £5 in the tank and getting back in to drive away noticed that the meter was still where it was before I put the petrol in (about 1/4 full). I parked it for the night and haven't used it since.
Today I put another £5 in and the meter still says 1/4 full.
Is the meter likely to be faulty? Do these fail often? If so am I looking at the sender or the meter?
The car is a 05 plate with 27k on it.
Thanks
Thomas gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying:
Fill it. If it stays at 1/4 full, you've got a problem. Lobbing a few litres in at a time won't prove anything.
That is what I suspected. I'll try it. Thanks for input.
I put £20 in one go and watched the gauge. It suddenly 'jerked' and shot up. Been fine since. The float must have been stuck.
Cheers
Tom
an old fiat I had many years ago had a similar fault, it was caused by a damper tube that is meant to stop the gauge flying up and down, in my case the tube had bits of rust flakes in it which jammed the little piston.
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