Thread: Fuel Guage help
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Old 09-19-2008, 08:15 PM   #2
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Re: Fuel Guage help

IIRC, 0% resistance (completed circuit) would cause the guage to go to full, actually past full. If you take the the tan wire and ground it out anywhere along the frame it should move the needle to full if everything is working right. When it was broke in two, (100% resistance) It caused the needle to go to empty.

So I would ground out the tan wire as close to the tank as possible and if the guage goes to full it is your sending unit or a connection right at it, etc. If nothing changes, then you have wire problems farther up the line closer to the guage or the guage itself. I had a similar problem and after trouble shooting I found it was the guage. Changed it and everything worked fine. Hope this helps.
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