3800 new Fuel Pump works now.... fuel gauge doesnt

[syP]

i posed this on clubgp as well

as seen here..

http://www.clubgp.com/newforum/tm.asp?m=34...e=1&smode=1

my fuel pump wasnt working... well we found out it was the hose that leads from the actual pump to the connector.


now the fuel GAUGE always reads way past the "F" (full). I have a little under a 1/2 tank of gas in my car.


We tried to have the fuel canister out of the car... and prime the car (with no lines connected) and to move the floater by hand, manually, up and down. that did not change the gauge.. it still stays way past "F"

Every connectors has a mate and nothing is left unconnected... what gives?

Is my floater just messed up? should i just order a new one from ed morad and splice the old wires?

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[smug]

my guess it is the sending unit and that includes the float and the wires inside the canister.

 

[phat_ridegt]

how far past the F? it may just need to be 'swept' with a tech2...i could try it for you

 

[syP]

way past F... almost like it is hittin a wall and it keeps going.



what would "sweeping" it do?

 

[phat_ridegt]

basically the same thing it does when you first start the car and the needle's all 'sweep' around...maybe they dont do that in the gp...hmm some cars do. but basically you can manually control the gauges, so the needles will usually return to their normal position.

sometimes they get f-ed up when the battery goes dead or something with the electrical system fails (fp, sending unit, cluster ect..)

it'd be worth a shot

 

[syP]

when are you free sir.

 

[phat_ridegt]

any day after 5...or on saturday or sunday...give me a call and we can set something up