Dodgy Fuel Gauge

[shirley53]

Has anyone dealt with a faulty fuel gauge? Mine is all over the place...Would a general garage be able to sort the problem?

[sv1000spilot]

Has anyone dealt with a faulty fuel gauge? Mine is all over the place...Would a general garage be able to sort the problem?

Nope, they're all like it.

Not so much fuel gauge as random level indicator.

Will go down on uphills, up on downhills. Also don't trust it as it's a trick gauge, never quite lets you know if you're empty till it's too late

[fonecrusher1]

Nope, they're all like it.

Not so much fuel gauge as random level indicator.

Will go down on uphills, up on downhills. Also don't trust it as it's a trick gauge, never quite lets you know if you're empty till it's too late

yeah mines the same. Going up a hill; oh bugger better get more diesel. Going down a hill; oh hold on ive plenty, no worries.
Fuel sensor must be on one side of the tank.

[Albannach]

Carry spare fuel, 10L will get you about 40 miles. I always keep 5L in the back, just in case.

[BioHazard]

even the first gens show full then suddenly go to half

[Diezel Weazel]

Carry spare fuel, 10L will get you about 40 miles. I always keep 5L in the back, just in case.

I also carry a spare 10 litres ..... of Veg oil

There's always a Payback .. Cos ya don't know where n ya never know when !!

[gwh200]

I also carry a spare 10 litres ..... of Veg oil

There's always a Payback .. Cos ya don't know where n ya never know when !!

Cos you never know when you might want fish n chops on the roadside jess

and when my low fuel light comes on I have about 200 yards left before I run out!

[darkdezigns]

Has anyone dealt with a faulty fuel gauge? Mine is all over the place...Would a general garage be able to sort the problem?

aslong as you go to a half sensible garage you trust,my guage is pretty good,another way to keep check on it is reset your trip meter when u fill up,then just keep track,i get around 280/300 kilometers between fills and that leaves around a quarter of a tank,but if yours is really all over the place may need a new sender or could be earthing out somewhere

[shirley53]

oh dear....my other hilux fuel gauge works perfectly.....albeit a bit slow to go to full....this one doesn't care if its uphill or not ....never been past half full..shucks should i waste any more money on the blighter .....just spent £172 on 2 doors, but they are black.....

[slobodan]

Mines the same, slow to go to full, fast to drop to half, but it is OK from half to empty, light comes on and I try to fill within 25 Km's

[stormforce]

Shirl shall i dig out another fuel gauge and see if that does the trick.I'll just dig one out over the next few days and post one up.It may be the sender in the tank itself thats the problem

[RodLeach]

Just in responce to the "they all do that" posts..

Mine was always spot on...

[shirley53]

Aye Rich....jist send yin tae me in the post...Let me know what I owe you

shirl