2002 1.9 stdi fuel gauge fault

mwbpsx · Post by **mwbpsx** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 9:06 pm

pls help. the fuel gauge on my car reads full all the time altho the computer mileage left readout counts down as normal. anyone else had this prob or know a solution.
thanks in advance

Post by **alexperkins** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 9:12 am

Fuel sender may need replacing. It happened on mine. Does the gauge go down to zero with the ignition off?

mwbpsx · Post by **mwbpsx** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 9:17 am

yes goes to zero with ignition off.
surely the sender controls the fuel remaining on the computer tho????????????????

Post by **alexperkins** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 9:22 am

It can be a bit wierd - my sender was up the creek. The fuel registered wrong, but the reserve light still came on at the right time which was unexplainable.

daa709 · Post by **daa709** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 10:01 am

Free petrol!

david burton · Post by **david burton** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 2:03 pm

that's an earth problem. if you short circuit the sender it goes straight to "full"