gas gauge ??

[slamer12]

My gas gauge needle cracked over the winter my gauge is nto giving any kind of good reading its jumping all over the place i bought a new gauge now whats the best way to check to see if its the gauge or the float that causing this any ideas would be great ??

 

[jlinder]

Re: gas gauge ??

Floats are pretty simple. They provide a resistance to ground. High resistance is empty, low is full.<br /><br />At the tank there are 2 wires. One to the guage, the other to ground. If you disconnect the guage wire it should read empty. If you short the guage wire to ground it should read full.<br /><br />You also want to check the connections for corrosion. I had that and it caused the readings to fluctuate.

 

[xecutech]

Re: gas gauge ??

I have the same issue. I cleaned the connections and reconnected them, now I check and it shows my tank is on E!<br />Should I fill it back up before the reading will be accurate? Also, is there a fuse I should look for as well?

 

[xecutech]

Re: gas gauge ??

NEVERMIND!!! I found out why it was on E after I fixed it! Ran out of gas while sitting in the slip.<br />My first stupid mistake with the boat... how embarrasing. Needless to say, cleaning the contacts fixed the problem, good thing I was near the gas pumps.