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General Activities => Main Message Board => Topic started by: Capella on November 15, 2012, 12:36:24 PM

Title: Fuel Guage
Post by: Capella on November 15, 2012, 12:36:24 PM
Have read all the posts on fuel guage issues, checked the wiring and still have a situation where when full the guage reads full. But after using approx 15 l, 4 gallons, it starts to flick between zero and full and at about 20 l used drops to zero where it stays. Could this be a sender unit?
Title: Re: Fuel Guage
Post by: Ron Hill on November 15, 2012, 02:49:59 PM
Cap : It sounds as though your fuel sender needs to be replaced.  
Till you replace the faulty sender and get it back up, just use .5 gal/hr for your fuel consumption. 

Easy to do - just follow the info in posts, in projects and in Mainsheet tech notes.
Title: Re: Fuel Guage
Post by: Stu Jackson on November 15, 2012, 05:34:38 PM
Or, you could consider using your fuel gauge to be your engine hour meter, like this:

http://c34.org/bbs/index.php/topic,3841.0.html

Senders die, simply because of the way they're built and the way they work.  Replace your sender (only once) and check the gauge just before you sell your boat.  :D
Title: Re: Fuel Guage
Post by: Capella on November 16, 2012, 03:29:34 PM
Thanks for the advice. Now have spreadsheet on my iPad