[TR] gas gage

[Jim Muller]

On 19 Jun 2009 at 23:01, oliver wrote:

> the gas gage goes left when i turn the car off, and then goes to 1/4 when i
> turn the car on.  period.  irrespective of how much gas is in the tank.  just
> all of a sudden as far as i can tell.
> 
> what do i look for?  where do i start trouble shooting?

Well, gas goes through the carburettor, right?  And 90% of all 
carburettor problems are electrical.  So your problem is electrical.  
Really.  Maybe a short or a break in the line to the fuel sender, 
though it hard to imagine it being consistent like that.  Maybe poor 
connections?  Could be a busted sender, most likely.

If you pull the wire off the sender does it make any difference in 
the gauge reading?

-- 
Jim Muller
jimmuller at rcn.com
'80 Spitfire, '70 GT6+