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Old Nov 23, 2010 | 01:10 PM
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Hi all,
My Orion turbo has never had a working fuel gauge it reads empty when full and 1/2 tank when empty!
I have Orion EFi wiring with an MFI tank and pump, i have played with the wiring more times than i car to imagine and have tried new clocks. The only thing i havent tried is the sender.

What do you rekon?

Many thanks in advance
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Old Nov 23, 2010 | 05:52 PM
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Should think it's a sender problem, it's basically reading in reverse (I.E Wrong polarity) and not right as it's showing a wrong reading on a full tank.

Earth the sender wire as a test, the gauge should then read full, if so then it confirms it to be the sender.

Martin
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Old Nov 24, 2010 | 08:04 AM
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Ah Martin you Gentleman, thank you very much. I do remember when trying to get it to work before, if i earthed the wire as you say, it did indeed read full!

Thanks again
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Old Nov 26, 2010 | 12:43 PM
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No problem, glad I could help.

Martin
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