Fuel Light doesnt light

[XP02ED]

Hey guys.

wen i run my car for ages. and near the time its gna stop working as no petty..

the light on the dash doesnt like at any time at all?

where or what do i do to check the lines etc?

[destrukshn]

check the bulb first?
lol

[CRXer]

yeah,as above.

if ok pull your back seat out,pull the cover off the fuel guage sender in the tank & u'll see a 3 pin plug.

disconnect it & short out the 2 outside pins of the plug goin back to the dash & see if the light comes on.

if it does you need a new sender unit or switch on the unit.

easier to just keep your fuel topped up.

[XP02ED]

hey crxer.


what does the fuel guage sender look like!

yeh but i rather have things working

[CRXer]

there should be 2 access holes under your rear seat,the one with the wires goin thru it is the one your after,sender is in the tank,just take the top cover off to get to the 3 pin plug.

u could just check the 5 or 6 pin plug on top of the cover,but i dont know the wire colours to tell ya,maybe someone else knows.

the middle wire in the 3 pin plug is usually the sender,u want 2 bridge the other 2.watch your fuel guage as u do it,if it moves stop before the needle overruns & then bridge the other 2.

[XP02ED]

ok

so theres gna be 3 pins right...

middle is the sender which we dont wna touch.

connect the other to together with a wire.. or whatever..

if the fuel moves then bridge other 2?

correct?

[egSi]

u ****ed it when u tucked your bay?! lol kiddin man.

check the connections at the tank too, under the panel under your rear seats :thumbsup:

[XP02ED]

hahahah egsi! LOL

this actually never every worked wen i bought car. only decided now to try fix it HAHAHA

yeh i think thats wat crxer telling me but he needs to confirm the above!

[CRXer]

correcto

has this thing got a stock cluster?

cos if its not,it prob was never hooked up.

do EG's have low fuel lights? i know DC2's do

[XP02ED]

yeh they do!

hmm yeh its stock cluster

ill have a check tmz

how many lines sposed to come out of the fuel tank area?

[CRXer]

bout 5 i think....

2 wires fuel pump,12v + ground

3 wires fuel sender,ground(black/white),sender wire to cluster & low fuel warn light switch(mines green/red,think urs diff colour)

sender wire should be middle wire,but just make sure by watchin the fuel guage as u test.

fuel pump is yell/black or yell/green if that helps usually,& fuel pump ground will be black.

edit: fuel sender i think is yellow/? & DC2 low fuel light is blue/white urs could be same as this.

[XP02ED]

ooo aiight

from memory,

from petrol tank i only have 2 wires.

1 which grounds 1 goes to under dash, i think thats the tank

so looks like im missing the other 3 wires

thats my problem! ill investigate tmz take a screeny of what i see :D

thans crxer

[VTC-8OY]

let me know hoe it goez man... think mine is ***d up too.. i dun wana get stranded in anzac bridge again haha... but first i gota chek d bulb too