Please help me out.
2007-02-09 07:02:28 · 6 answers · asked by Yume Kid 3 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Well first off. Go to the parts store and buy a HAYNES REPAIR MANUAL for you vehicle. They will tell you basically what to do.
Make sure you have checked ALL fuses first and that they are good. Get a needle nose pliers if you have to to pull them all out one by one.
What has happened is that probably your float in your gas tank has developed a hole in it. You need to buy a new one now. Do not buy a cheaper one at the junk yard as you do not know how good it is.
Anyway, go to a parts store to get one. Check around for the cheapest one. If for some reason they do not carry it then you gotta go to the dealer. Anyway, run your gas as low as you can get it. You will have to jack the car up, take the gas tank straps off. Lower the tank down and take the plug off the top from which your fuel line comes out of. when you take it out you will see a long solid wire with a copper like bulb on the end. Simply replace with the new one. I think you just screw it in and out. Put back together and viola, gas again.
One reason you buy the book, cuz if you would have had it you would never have asked the question. Plus you can save money doing your own brakes and tune ups.
Have fun. What a guy has to do to get a lousy free 10 points. For 20 points, I roll over and play dead now. lol
2007-02-09 07:10:58 · answer #1 · answered by Big C 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there are three parts to your fuel gauge system, the sender (in the tank), the indicator (in the dash), and the wires that carry the signal voltage--your problem is in one of these.
first use a multi-meter to see if there is voltage on the wires going to the indicator. you should do this with the key on and be careful. if there is voltage and the needle doesn't move, then you need a new indicator. you could probably get one from a junk yard.
if there is no voltage, then make sure voltage is being supplied to your indicator system. you may have a blown fuse or loose ground connection.
If all that is in order, check the resistance on the circuit that goes through the sender from the wires at the indicator. if the resistance is infinity, suspect the wiring, if it is zero, suspect the sending unit.
Check the wiring by connecting the wires at the indicator end, and then gain access to the connector at the sender and check the resistance going through the wiring from the sender end. If the resistance is zero then the wires are fine and you need a new sending unit.
2007-02-09 07:22:42 · answer #2 · answered by maxnull 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its probably the gauge inside the gas tank take it to a mechanic
2007-02-09 07:05:27 · answer #3 · answered by Bill Brasky 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
your sending unit inside the gas tank is bad. u need to have someone drop the gas tank and replace the sending unit inside the gas tank
2007-02-09 07:06:01 · answer #4 · answered by Mickirs 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
is it digital or analouge display? digital, could be a fuse or a short. either, could be a stuck float or failing sensor.
Probably not an easy fix unless you are mechanicaly minded.
2007-02-09 07:06:14 · answer #5 · answered by Confused 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it may not be the guage....it could be the floater inside the tank itself
2007-02-09 07:05:02 · answer #6 · answered by Lisa 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋