Fuel gauge issue, ideas ??

[YogiR33]

Car : 93 R33 GTSt

Problem : Fuel gauge reads incorrectly

Possible cause : Car was slidin and also went over a few bumps all in a 30min duration, shocks could of caused needle in gauge to jump

Before problem the gauge read as follows :

Full , 0km

3/4 Full, ~120km

1/2 Full, ~220km

1/4 Full, ~320km

Empty , ~420km

Now after problem

Full, 200km

3/4 Full, ~260km

1/2 Full, ~300km

1/4 Full and Empty too scared to try lol

im now drivin by guessin the distance and i hav a vauge idea about possible fuel levels. Anyway went to mechanic and she suggested the sender unit after the fuel pump needs to be replaced, i thought it was jus the gauge, meh

But anyone else got ideas or even a place to go to get it fixed. I tried a few places for a fuel sender unit but no one has any. Ringwood speedo no longer remove and refit so i wanna be sure if its the gauge or the sender unit before i commit to givin them the gauge.

Anyway ppl sorry for the long post, anyone else had this problem or know of a way to rectify this problem ???

[strutto]

If the problem has only appeared since you've been sliding and bumping, more than likely, the intank fuel sender will have fallen off its bracket...

It's been covered before so try a search but basically:

Remove fuel tank cover plate in boot

Open big black jar type lid in boot to get access to tank

Refit fuel sender onto brackets

Reverse

HTH

[Zombie]

Yeah, I had similar problem, it would show full until 350kms then drop to E by 400.

Mate and I opened the tank and found the sender unit floating around in the tank.

Reattach it in its position and it should be good again.

Adam

[C_DawG]

Yeah mine kept falling off when messing around changing fuel pumps and such, put a hose clamp softly around it.

[SKYL9]

hey my car's doing that atm.. how do you open your tank?

[SKYL9]

dont worry did a search

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/sh...ead.php?t=2841&

[YogiR33]

Cool i opened it up last nite but i had an almost full tank and it was pretty hard to do anything, so i'll be takin it to my mechnic to fix as that black lid thing is fricken hard to remove grrrrrrrrr Anyway thanx to all for your help