gazcos

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I need to make my fuel guage on my Diesel escort Van read empty even though its nearly full. I cant say why but does anyone know how i could do that. If you turn the ignition off the needle stays where it was . I need to trick it somehow. Any ideas

saphlover

mine lies to me all the time, and when i turn my lights on it lies even further, strange things these Ford Fuel Gauges

try disconnecting the sender unit, if its easily accesible (sp) or removing the fuse that operates the dash cluster?

just random idea's here mate i dont really know

_DAN_

Siphon the tank disconnect the gauge then fill up with the siphoned fuel.

gazcos

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I dont want to syphon the tank. I filled it up at the weekend before i found out it needs to be empty by this weekend. If only i could have been one of my old cars i could have driven for half an hour and it would be empty but i,d have to drive this to Scotland and back to empty it

Beenie

can you disconnect the sender?

shane

When i brake mine goes up! Not much help to you but affirms the fuel guages are shite!

Drewman

take apart the dial set and take the needle and put it on where you want it manually

TemptRS

Mine lies to me BIG time!!

When it's just me it's always about 1/4 to 1/2 as soon as faye gets in it goes to the red

My car must hate me, it knows i'll get my ass whooped one day!

She tells me off EVERY time

bud-weis

i think if you have a p;ay with the wires on the sender unit,you should get it to drop,usually just earthing it out

gazcos

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Ah,thanks mate,we're getting there now. I was hoping i could just do something with the wiring to the sender unit. Can anyone confirm this ??

PROMETHEUS

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If you ground the signal wire it will either drop or show full. If it goes full scale get a high value resistor and ground it thru this, try a 1k ohm.

Thrush

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You say it needs to be empty by the weekend - fooking the guage won't make it empty will it? just make it nearly full with a fooked guage

dojj

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follow these simple destructions

1. go to the shop
2. buy a big jerry can
3. put the fuel in to it

sit back and relax knowing that you have got a few quids worth of fuel and a fully working motor

just don't blow yourself up or let it leak

gazcos

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No, it doesn,t need to be empty by the weekend. It needs to appear to be empty

gazcos

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Thanks for that, I'll have a go

Thrush

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Sorry, my mistake.... Reading this tho;

Sounds like it needs to be actually empty by the weekend

dave green

If you earth the wire it will show full.

I think if you disconect it from the gauge end it should fall


Dave

gazcos

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Cool, I'll try that too

PROMETHEUS

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It won't fall sorry, just changed the clocks in my escort diesel van. You are going to have to simulate an empty tank, which requires a signal of some kind.

gazcos

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I had the clocks out last year and i think you,re right.Thanks.

andyhardy

Swap the signal wires around?

PROMETHEUS

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duh, a resistor works the same either way round, a fuel sender is a variable resistor.

GazzaG

push it up with a cable tie


i did ythat

i filled with 20 quid

this is what it read



its now on the first line

well was

its ether that or change to digital dials

andyhardy

I know - hence the --->

ballin

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thats 2 people on here now that have needed to do this! im probably being thick but why would you ever need to do this?!? The other way i could understand!

jayRS

disconnet the sender wires, take the clockes out and push the needle down to the empty mark, refit dials.
if you disconnet wires the needle will stay where it is.

come tell us why it need to show empty when its not, you having welding done next to the tank or something

or is your boss gunna pay you some petrol money to go somewhere or something

jayRS

hold up, just had a thought, ya gunna take some bird out and make out you run out of juice down some dark lane and ya best jump in the back to keep warm

Fudgey

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stick the front on the van on stands and leave it running flat out for 3 days.

that should do it lol

Lambchop

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what he said!

Nick_RSIFEZ

i'm guessing to claim back for fuel expenses for some sort of job that didn't really take as much fuel as he's claiming for

what do i win??

jayRS

not unless you want second prize

AndyBlackFRST

Surely removing the fuse for the fuel pumpwill show as empty ?

_DAN_

But then the pump won't work

Besides they prob a mechanical pump on a Escy Diesel.

Benni

Surely if it shows there's no fuel in what so ever your boss will wonder how it's got home?

gazcos

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Dont worry. I haven,t got to do it now, after all that. Thanks for the suggestions though anyway

CossieRich

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After all that, you could at least tell us why you needed to do it in the 1st place.

Miss Fiesta Turbo

Typical bloke!

jayRS

yeah tell us

Benni

I would like to know too.

PROMETHEUS

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And me, I've been buggerring around with my sender and resistors today!!! LMAO