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Fuel Gauge Not Working

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14YER	Posted: Jul 20 2012, 04:37 PM
Pursuing Perfection Group: VIP Member Posts: 140 Member No.: 6,111 Joined: 5-March 10	I was driving on the highway when suddenly my fuel light came on and the fuel gauge dropped completely. I know for a fact there is about 3/4 of a tank left of fuel and I've have a look for any leaks around the fuel tank, luckily none, so I'm assuming this is an electrical problem. I've had a search and it seems like people have experienced improper readings but nothing as drastic as this. The rest of the taco is working fine bar the fuel gauge but its not completely stopped working as the fuel light is on. Has any one else experienced this problem? Things I've tried so far: hitting the dash - didn't work. About to reset the battery and see if that does anything Any suggestions?

dirtysouth	Posted: Jul 20 2012, 04:43 PM
Stock Group: VIP Member Posts: 86 Member No.: 6,142 Joined: 17-May 10	Mine died the other week was saying I had 1/4 of a tank when I ran out. Turns out when I had the fuel pump replaced they bent the float arm or somthing seems to be workin now. Have you tried using a hammer it's my go to tool

Tezz-Winnie	Posted: Jul 20 2012, 04:49 PM
Spirit is dead, may come back in the form of a 2ZZ-GZE :) Group: VIP Member Posts: 2,196 Member No.: 5,849 Joined: 4-February 09	Hitting the dash was a good start. Did you try turning it off and on again too? lol Anyway sounds like your transducer might have popped a winding. Take your fuel tank apart and check the transducer or take it to an auto electrician

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Posted: Jul 20 2012, 05:02 PM

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QUOTE (Tezz-Winnie @ Jul 20 2012, 02:49 PM)

Hitting the dash was a good start. Did you try turning it off and on again too? lol

Anyway sounds like your transducer might have popped a winding. Take your fuel tank apart and check the transducer or take it to an auto electrician

Haha, yeah tried turning it on and off as well

Hmm, haven't touched the fuel tank before. do I just take out the rear seats to get access? I might have abit of a poke around, hammer a few things and see if I can find any visible issues before I take it to a sparky.

14YER	Posted: Jul 20 2012, 10:51 PM
Pursuing Perfection Group: VIP Member Posts: 140 Member No.: 6,111 Joined: 5-March 10	Drove to work with the issue still present, I reset the ecu but that didn't do anything to solve it. While I was driving home though, it suddenly went back to normal so I have no idea still why this happened or if it will happen again.

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