Important! : Fuel guage on GTi...

1. DavidKent Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Apr 2007 Trowbridge, Wiltshire Posts: 3769 A van...

   #1 26th August 2011, 17:46

   Hey guys, I've ran searches and tried google etc but can't seem to find an answer to this...
   
   My fuel guage is a bit of an idiot... It doesnt bother me that sometimes it goes up and down a few times and stops working, but what does bother me is that it reads totally wrong...
   
   When full it's full, when empty it reads half and I have no fuel light...
   
   I've tried a workin speedo cluster from a Mates car and it does the same...
   
   Any ideas?
   
   Cheers
   
   
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2. lostzy Infrequent Poster Joined: Aug 2011 west sussex Posts: 105 citreon saxo vts vw golf gti 20v turbo

   #2 26th August 2011, 17:52

   sender unit ?
3. lostzy Infrequent Poster Joined: Aug 2011 west sussex Posts: 105 citreon saxo vts vw golf gti 20v turbo

   #3 26th August 2011, 17:55

   http://autorepair.about.com/od/fixit...sender_rpl.htm
   
   
   
   a little link for you
4. DavidKent Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Apr 2007 Trowbridge, Wiltshire Posts: 3769 A van...

   #4 26th August 2011, 18:07

   Useful link, thanks.
   
   My PumP is under one of those cOvers and the float seems okay, but the other cover has nothing under it, is this normal?
5. lostzy Infrequent Poster Joined: Aug 2011 west sussex Posts: 105 citreon saxo vts vw golf gti 20v turbo

   #5 26th August 2011, 18:20

   it still may not work properly though ,
   as for whats under the other i wouldnt have a clue
6. deks36 Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Aug 2008 Herne Bay. Kent Posts: 3881 Peugeot 307, Nissan Juke, 206 Grand tourisme

   #6 26th August 2011, 19:04

   Sounds like you need a replacement sender unit/pump
7. DavidKent Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Apr 2007 Trowbridge, Wiltshire Posts: 3769 A van...

   #7 26th August 2011, 19:13

   That's a bugger, shall have to see what I can find - can the sender unit be bought separately to the pump?
   
   Rough idea on cost?
   
   Cheers
8. user_20080 Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Dec 2007 smurfland. Posts: 17346 Ex saxo owner.

   #8 26th August 2011, 21:24

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by DavidKent That's a bugger, shall have to see what I can find - can the sender unit be bought separately to the pump? Rough idea on cost? Cheers

   Try eurocarparts mate.
9. DavidKent Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Apr 2007 Trowbridge, Wiltshire Posts: 3769 A van...

   #9 26th August 2011, 21:43

   On it now, cheers
10. DavidKent Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Apr 2007 Trowbridge, Wiltshire Posts: 3769 A van...

    #10 24th September 2011, 15:57

    Still got hassle with this - Ive physically turned the pump around by about 70 degrees and thats helped it to be more accurate, though when it gets as low as the top marking on the red, it stays there until i break down, the light just doesn't come on.
    
    Does anyone have a picture of the top of their pump under the black cap so i can see exactly which way they sit in and i can remove / fiddle with it and maybe eventually replace it, perhaps the pump is on its way out causing my occasional stutter / lumpy idle?