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fuel tank sender ohms


i under stand my fuel tank sender should be a 0-30 ohms unit

should it read "0" at the empty and "30" at the full position ?

not sure if my problem is the sender of the gauge

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What problem are you having? Staying empty or full? If you have an open in the circuit the gauge will read overfull. If you have a grounded circuit the gauge will read empty. If your float is broken the gauge also will read empty. To test if your gauge is OK disconnect the sender wire - should read overfull, then ground the wire - should read empty.



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i have 3 spare fuel gauges so i will start checking tomorrow.,
i was having a problem with the gauge starting off past the full mark
\then dropping to 1/4 when empty (think it might be a 90 ohm)
im going to remove it tomorrow and meter it.
im testing my spares with an old sender that also may be faulty
so im going to pick up a new one and start from there

i finally replaced my clock with a new quartz Chevy 2 one
see new thread.,


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solution for problem
sender is a 0-90 ohm unit instead of a 0-30 unit
this site tells to put a 50 ohm 5 watt resistor in series with the brown wire
from the sender at the sender or the gauge.

[http://www.hotrodders.com/forum/gm-fuel-sending-unit-conversion-30-ohm-106069.html]

here are pics showqing why my gauge showed full until 90 % empty.

1st one is sender showing empty

2nd is where it should show 1/4 but meter says 30 ohms so gauge shows full

3rd is gauge in full and meter shows 90 ohms.

so between full and 1/4 full gauge stays on full. now off the radio shack for a resistor or maybe find a proper sender at Monroe swap meet on Sat.

empty.JPGshould be full.JPGfull on sender.JPG

 



-- Edited by Lefty on Wednesday 15th of May 2013 05:33:23 PM

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