Short the wire on the gas tank sender to ground, or if there are two wires,
short them
together. This will make the gage read full. Now, go for a ride around the
neighborhood with
the shorted wires in place, and see if the gage stays on full then you know
you have a dirty
sensor wiper that works OK at idle, but not with gas sloshing around in the
tank.
The sensor can be taken out and cleaned. This is dangerous, disconnent the
battery,
etc etc.
If the gage falls to E when your riding around ,the tank sensor is OK, and
you have a loose
wire somewhere or the instrument voltage regulator is about to give up. I
would begin
by tightening and cleaning/soldering all wire connections.
Hope this helps,
Jim
Chesapeake, Virginia
>From: cjs37@juno.com
>Reply-To: cjs37@juno.com
>To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
>Subject: gas gauge
>Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 11:04:11 -0500
>
>Took my roadster for a run the other day and the gas gauge reads
>correctly at idle and goes to E while the car is running, weird, any
>suggestions? thanks, I really enjoy and also are there any roadster
>owners in the DFW area? We are invited to attend the International Z
>convention in 2006.
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