Fuel gauge problem

[MBP]

Awesome... a car that makes fuel!

Haha! Yeah well that's a more compelling thought... when I first drove it, only for a 30km stint, imagine my surprise when I saw the fuel meter dropped from halfway to nearly empty!

[CRXer]

in that case ,erratic behaviour,u should look further into it,if it does bother u.

the DC5's have some sort of funky new self test function on the gauge cluster u can perform,i vaguely remember it having something to do with multi presses of the trip button or something like that,see if u can google it.

if the gauges do sweep properly then u need to look at the sender unit,which is fairly easy to get too & test.

[MBP]

in that case ,erratic behaviour,u should look further into it,if it does bother u.

the DC5's have some sort of funky new self test function on the gauge cluster u can perform,i vaguely remember it having something to do with multi presses of the trip button or something like that,see if u can google it.

if the gauges do sweep properly then u need to look at the sender unit,which is fairly easy to get too & test.

Hmm... can't find anything about testing it on Google, but I will have a closer look at this tomorrow. Will post on the result. Thanks!

[Encor3]

in that case ,erratic behaviour,u should look further into it,if it does bother u.

the DC5's have some sort of funky new self test function on the gauge cluster u can perform,i vaguely remember it having something to do with multi presses of the trip button or something like that,see if u can google it.

if the gauges do sweep properly then u need to look at the sender unit,which is fairly easy to get too & test.

i think that might be the Civic FD that has that test function, could be wrong though

[CRXer]

ive seen it done on dc5,cluster lights up & starts beeping at ya like a disco & all the gauges do a full sweep up & back to zero.

i just remember it was prob easier to launch most of the apollo missions than it is to initiate this cluster test,was a wacko sequence of pushing buttons while turning on the ignition

[MBP]

ive seen it done on dc5,cluster lights up & starts beeping at ya like a disco & all the gauges do a full sweep up & back to zero.

i just remember it was prob easier to launch most of the apollo missions than it is to initiate this cluster test,was a wacko sequence of pushing buttons while turning on the ignition

Hi CRX,

Sorry I still haven't figured out the "sequence" to test the gauges... I filled in a full tank yesterday though, and now the car's fuel gauge is not playing up (or maybe it is, because it hasn't moved from "full" at all despite having driven it 50km or so). It's like... I can't rely at all on the fuel meter, and though they generally aren't the most accurate gauges in cars anyway, this is way too inaccurate.