RobUK Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 Hi All After my recent MOT pass I decided to go and fill the old girl up as she has been running on vapour for a while (with the odd 5litre being put in) With the fuel level being low (orange light on) I hadn't know if the level indicator was working, I have now put 40-50 litres of Shell VPower but the level indicator is still sitting on "empty" but the orange light is off... Any advise on where to start/common faults? Not sure if I should start with the tank or the dash?? Thanks Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampy442 Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 Id guess the level sender is either stuck or busted. The light is illuminated by a thermistor, if it 'sees' fuel the light will go out and vica versa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monsween Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 Id guess the level sender is either stuck or busted. My guess too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobUK Posted February 28, 2011 Author Share Posted February 28, 2011 Hmm I'll have to take the Fuel hanger out and see if manually moving the float switch around makes a difference Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobUK Posted January 2, 2012 Author Share Posted January 2, 2012 Just an update to this..... If anyone has a similar problem... The float switch seemed to have gotten caught on the fuel tank baffle which was essentially holding the level indicator down... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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