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 Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2010 1:45 pm |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010
Posts: 1265
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Location: Truro/Falmouth, Cornwall
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lets add another problem to my ongoing 'I can't afford to fix' list shall we?
so today, I broke down on a main road.. turns out there was no fuel going through the lines.. which is odd as the car showed 1/4 tank, and 44 miles left.
It's been dodgy on it's reading for a while, but it's never overestimated THIS much before. It's extremely annoying, and quite dangerous, if this happens again in a worse place. (2nd time it's happened. I thought the first was a freak accident. it was on a busy roundabout last time!!)
so.. the sender is knackered.. how does one fix such a predicament?
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Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2010 3:08 pm |
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You could remove the sender unit from the tank and repair the rheostat.
This would qualify as a cheap fix 
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Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2010 5:37 am |
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Location: Truro/Falmouth, Cornwall
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I have no idea how to do these things?
would it definately be the sender? it's quite scary not knowing how much petrol you have. I put £20 in yesterday and the dial didn't move!
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Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2010 8:13 am |
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Joined: Apr 16, 2010
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Location: in the house
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quite a common problem on all 206s showing 1/4 of a tank and then runs out, this hapend to me on my first ever 206!
as for fuel sender its built into the tank iirc? try filling it up to the top and see if it moves
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Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2010 8:51 am |
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Joined: Nov 27, 2010
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Location: What's it to you? ? ?
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One of the reasons I always fill the tank to the top then reset the trip meter.
I know roughly how many miles I can get out the tank just in case the gauge decides to go wrong.
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Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2011 4:15 pm |
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Location: Truro/Falmouth, Cornwall
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I've had 2 now, and they were both fine! Shocked that this happened!
Would it be down to the electronics? BSi etc. or would it be mroe likely to be mechanical?
I'm not sure my 180 has ever been recalled, so I'm HOPING, if I take it to get a BSi update, that may reset the system and fix the problem (longshot though!)
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Posted: Tue May 10, 2011 3:38 am |
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Joined: Jan 28, 2011
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Location: Worcestershire
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Hi there, yea common fault on a 206 is the fuel gauge goes up by a quater, on full it will read well above the gaug and on empty will still show quatre of a tank. My sender unit eventually failed. The motor died. Its an easy replacement.
If you lift up the back driver side seat, take off the 2 fuel lines, and simply unscrew the massive plastic ring, the whole unit will then lift out. You can buy them from £20 to £40 second hand. One test to see if this is the fault, put your ear as close to under the fuel tank as possible and get someone else to turn the ignition on, you should here the sender unit motor start turning. whilst the person tries to start the car bank the fuel tank and you should get the car to cough and splut. if this happens then you need a new sender unit.
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Posted: Wed May 11, 2011 8:50 am |
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Joined: May 10, 2011
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Location: Cheshire
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Ahhh this is VERY interesting. I bought my car knowing there was a problem with the fuel gauge and to cut a long story short - the problem is still there!
On just about 1/4 the red light comes on. Can someone explain to me in simple terms why this is and how to get it fixed - cheaply. Being a blonde...car garages often take me for granted and see me coming a mile off!
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Posted: Thu May 12, 2011 11:27 am |
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Joined: Apr 26, 2010
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An easy way to verify fuel sender sending correct signal.get access to pump and disconnect plug youll see 4 pins. 2 of them are smaller.they are fuel sender output.using an ohmmeter measure the resistance between two small pins.when thank is full it should be around 50 ohms and when empty it should be 350 ohms.when you fill the tank or move the floater resistance must decrease smoothly(not jumping) from 350 to 50(full).
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Posted: Fri May 13, 2011 7:38 am |
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Joined: Aug 28, 2010
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Location: Otley
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My fuel gauge stopped working the other week. Priced up the replacement parts and you can only buy the whole sender unit and gauge assembly together at a cost of 95 quid.  However I was lucky and when I looked at the connector plug to the unit, the pins on the unit were corroded so a quick wipe with some fine emery paper and a squirt of wd40 and hey presto, the fuel gauge now works. 
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