Fuel Gauge reading

**Djerms** · July 29th, 2003 08:00 AM

Guys please help on this. Ung fuel gauge ng pickup ko paiba-iba ng reading. Bahagya lang naman, kapag umaandar, bumababa ang reading tapos at idle babalik sa dati. Ano kaya ang problem? How much would it cost me? :confused:

**rodcarolino** · July 29th, 2003 09:58 AM

normal lang yan, mas lalo kung incline

**HBOY** · July 29th, 2003 11:45 AM

usually normal yan... especially on old cars.. but it wouldnt hurt to check kung ayos pa yung fuel sending unit mo. Or baka grounding lang ang problema nyan.. (or at least these are the things we check out, pag may problema sa fuel gauge ng mbs na luma.)

**Djerms** · July 29th, 2003 12:07 PM

Question po sir,
Mahal po ba ang repair nito and kaya po ba ng mga ordinary repair shops ito like servitek and the like?

**HBOY** · July 29th, 2003 02:32 PM

how big a dip does it do whenever you start rolling from a stop??.. kung gaguhit lang... wala kang dapat ikabahala... as this may only mean na may shift sa diesel level inside your tank and the sending unit is basically intrepreting this "properly".. pero kugn fluctuating sya for like 1/4 ang difference when moving forward and hard braking.. then we might have to look into a possibility na faulty nga ang sending unit. I dunno kung kaya ng servitek.. but i would think so..

**Djerms** · July 29th, 2003 03:39 PM

HBOY
Mga 1 cm lang naman kapag umaandar na ang sasakyan. When I come to a halt and in idle, ayun babalik sa dati.

At the same time, parang ang bilis maubos ng crudo ko. Dyou think this is related? Hindi na rin kasi ako nagpapalit ng fuel filter. 10thou kms na ang tinakbo ulit nitong current fuel filter ko. Do I need to have it replaced? Salamas!

**HBOY** · July 29th, 2003 04:18 PM

hmm.. napahanap pa ako ng ruler tuloy at tinignan yung 1cm... ehehe...hmm... almost 1/4 ng gauge if you ask me ang galaw ah...

1) maybe the gauge itself is faulty
2) maybe the fuel sending itself is the culprit (floater type ba yan?)
3)Yung sa crudo... may not be related.. gaano kabilis maubos?? wala ka naman visible leaks? hows your combustion? (usok sa tambutso?)

IMO lang.. kung ang reading ng fuel tank mo e tama naman at standstill... just live with it na lang...

**Djerms** · July 29th, 2003 04:45 PM

HBOY,
Pasado naman ako sa emissions testing last registration. ABout the leaks, mahirap yata matukoy kung meron man.
Yung reading goes back naman at idle kaya alam ko kung may diesel pa ako. Nakakainis!!, may ipapaayos nanaman ako.

How much po ba does this repair usually cost? Kung pick-up, does this mean that they have to remove pa the bed to access the fuel tank?

**HBOY** · July 29th, 2003 05:09 PM

nde ko kasi alam kung paano setup sa pickup eh.... live with it na lang... kung nakakairita para sa iyo.. you could get it fixed.. dunno how much though for labor and parts.

**JET_7** · July 29th, 2003 05:28 PM

what car?

a toyota for example, brand new orig FUEL GAUGE SENDING UNIT (FLOATER) costs 1,5++.. i.e, kung floater ang sira mo.

have you tried removing the gauge ang inspecting the screws that holds the FUEL GAUGE meter itself?

ganito naging problema ko.. screw lang pala problema.. maluwag.

hth.