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jmfoust Samba Member
Joined: February 01, 2005 Posts: 130 Location: Des Moines, Iowa
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Posted: Mon May 23, 2005 11:46 am Post subject: '80 ac vanagon fuel gauge |
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Does anyone have an explanation as to why my fuel gauge works only when my headlights are on, or when it's very humid - like raining? I'm assuming it's a bad ground on the sender. Who has some guesses?
jamie foust
des moines, iowa
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cnskate Samba Member
Joined: May 10, 2005 Posts: 295 Location: Bellingham, WA
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Posted: Mon May 23, 2005 2:28 pm Post subject: |
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The gauge on my 80 only works when it is full, thank goodness for the big tank and odometer. _________________ "Wherever you go, there you are." |
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mightyart Samba Member
Joined: March 24, 2004 Posts: 6188 Location: Portland, Oregon
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Posted: Tue May 24, 2005 7:33 am Post subject: |
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take off the guage pod and look on the back of the fuel guage there should be a small black square thing with three prongs coming off it, make sure this is present, the prongs are connected, and it is screwed to the board. _________________ My Art:
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H-four Samba Member
Joined: March 05, 2005 Posts: 78 Location: Vancouver, WA
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Posted: Tue May 24, 2005 9:53 pm Post subject: Fuel gauge |
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Well, this is all very timely. I filled up yesterday, and this afternoon, after work, the gauge only registered 1/2 full. I will check for the little black think. I seem to remember a post about this a while back.
If the little black thing isn't there, can you get them? |
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Ericthenorse Samba Member
Joined: October 03, 2004 Posts: 782 Location: Los Osos CA.
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Posted: Wed May 25, 2005 12:10 am Post subject: |
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if your gague works sometimes, and doesn't others, you have a bad sending unit, or a bad gague. the stabilizer is just that, a stabilizer. it just makes it so the needle doesn't move around evry time the gas sloshes around. If your gague is "seasonal", you should get under there and check all connections, you probably have some corosion somewhere. there isn't much juice running through there, and a little corosion goes a long way. _________________ '69 bug--rusty as hell
'91 vanagon carrat-slammed,5 speed,4 wheel disks,17x8.5's |
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