Re: Gas Gauge Troubleshooting
Do a search for gas guage problems. There are a lot of old postings about this.<br /><br />The standard is to have 12 volts go to one side of the guage, then the other side goes to the sender. The other side of the sender goes to ground. The sender is basically a variable resistor that changes depending on the position of the float. <br /><br />Take a voltmeter and check the sender voltage. What you should see is something between 12v and 0v on the wire at the sender. <br /><br />Problems are often reported with the sender. Make sure the sender has a good ground. You should be able to ground the wire at the sender and see the fuel guage swing from full to empty (or is it empty to full - I forget).<br /><br />If it does swing from one extreme to the other the problem is with the sender. If cleaning the connections doesn't fix it replace the sender. If I remember they are about $25 and have a standard bolt pattern so after market replacements are easy to get.<br /><br />Good luck
