Also on a side note. If you have determined that the sending unit is bad. If the the car has been sitting for a while with old gas, I have heard that presently offered gas with ethanol tends to screw things up as far as the sending unit contacts in the tank.
I heard that by adding Chevron brand fuel additive some how helps with these contacts, miraculously making the sending unit function again with somewhat better reliability. It maybe worth a try before spending 100 bucks for a new sending unit, if they even make them at all anymore. T-Mobile, America's First Nationwide 4G Network Sent by Samsung Mobile John Palumbo <[email protected]> wrote: >I would suspect the fuel gauge sending unit. You can locate this in the trunk, >under the floor mat through an access hole. > >With the ignition switch on, short-out the two leads off the sending unit by >disconnecting the leads and touching them together. > >If the gauge in the dash is working, the fuel gauge needle should peg to 'F' >full. If the needle does not move, check the circuit for continuity. Check for >any blown fuse in the fuse box. > >Do all of this before suspecting the gauge itself. Also check, clean (with 400 >grit sand paper) and crimp the leads where it connects to the gauge and >sending unit. It doesn't take much oxidation on these leads to disrupt >electricity flow and proper gauge function. Especially if the car has been >sitting for a while. > >Good luck. > > >T-Mobile, America's First Nationwide 4G Network >Sent by Samsung Mobile > >[email protected] wrote: > >>Greetings from Las Vegas, >> >> >>It's been years since my gas gauge worked properly in my 94 Spider. But >>usually just a smack on the top of my dashboard made the needle creep up to >>indicate the proper level in my tank. You know - a love tap. >> >> >>But over the weekend, when I tried to get the gauge to work, it just flopped >>around for a second and then completely dropped to the left, as if it has >>finally quite working altogether. A few raps to the dashboard haven't helped >>at all, it is finally dead. >> >> >>Has anyone else had to repair a dead gas gauge? Where do I start? Is it a >>difficult repair, or should I just learn to live with it, like I have with so >>many other broken little things on my car - like the door locks, the seat >>adjustment lever, the power windows, the power antenna ...... and more. :-0 >> >> >>Jamie Y >>-- >>to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi >>or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected] > >[demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type image/jpeg which had a name of >88-spider-veloce-fuel-sending-unit-wiring-fuel-sender.jpeg] >-- >to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi >or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected] -- to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected]
