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fuel gauge at 1/4 & tank empty
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boombastik
PostPosted: Fri Apr 13, 2012 12:48 pm Up
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Hi folks

My sons 206 broke down the other night after a bit of trouble shooting today i found the tank to be empty but the gauge reading 1/4

had the sender out and moved the float but it made no difference, even with the sender unit disconnected it still reads a 1/4 tank

any one got any ideas? is it the gauge ?

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Abzynthe
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have you tried taking the needle off and moving it so it shows empty? You could then put fuel in it and see if it moves up to where it should be.

Cheap fix if it works Wink

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Lee
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BSI needs updating
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put £20 in it after we discovered it was dry and the needle never moved

is it a task getting the instrument cluster out then ?

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not at all.

I would fill the tank up to the max then put the needle in at the max line. Its the easiest way for a fix and is pretty acurate

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boombastik
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cant understand why that would work if the gauge isnt working ????

just tried a BSI reset and thats made no difference either

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Have you put more petrol in since?
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good point, no we havent however as mentioned earlier the gauge would read 1/4 tank with the sender unit out and un plugged
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Lee
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Just ignore me. Told you the answer as to why it does it, but hey...
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so you going to tell how to update it then
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Lee
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boombastik
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ah ok, we dont have a pug dealer in aberdeen any more
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You do, it's Belmont in Kemnay
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ah ok, never knew they were out there, thanks for the info... any idea of the cost then?
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Lee
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