Stagea Fuel Gauges Issues And How I Fixed It

[poohkies]

So I've just purchased a stagea, one of the issues was the fuel gauge showed full all the time, but the fuel low light would still work

what u need

Philips screw drivers

2 bench powersupplys or a powersupply with 2 adjustable outputs

I removed the steering coloum covers 4 screws

Removed the dash cluster cover 2 Screws up the top

poped the rear windows spray and the demister buttons and undid plugs

removed the dash cluster

removed the front plastic overs

and then removed the fuel gauge

I hooked it up to a powersupply on the bench to check that it worked

there is a ground and to signal wires

I put 12 volts to first single gauge went one way and put 12 volts on the other signal and went the other, so I new my gauge was working!

The gauge works from the difference of the 2 signals , if both signals has 12 volts the gauge should read in the middle or 1/2 tank, this was my first problem, as the gauge when having 12 either side of it was still reading over full

We moved the needle down till when we put 12 volts both side it sat at half a tank, so this has calibrated the gauge on the bench so it's sitting in the correct location.then changing the difference between the volts the gauge then started going up and down! I also kepted the voltage very low and bumped a bit of current up, this would also give the copper a good buzz in case of corrosion etc

put the gauge back, and is working well!

Edited May 11, 2013 by poohkies

[KiwiRS4T]

Good work!

[T1G3R]

Hey guys,

do we know what the ohms of the gauge are? e.g 0 ohms when empty- 90 ohms when full. Want to make a custom dash and replace all gauges but there are a few different options for what the gauges read as empty. Any advice?