----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2014 10:52
AM
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Taking fuel gauge
out.
Just because your mechanic changed it, doesn't mean it's good. One
would like to think so but that's just not the reality of the matter these
days.
A) did he replace it with EXACTLY the right part? Physically and
electrically?
B) did he orient the new part correctly in the tank?
The inside of the gas tank is full of baffles so you need to be sure the
sender inside is of the right physical proportions and is positioned correctly
so as not to bind or catch on any of the internal baffles. And, it needs
to be the right sender electrically too. It needs to be the right Ohm
reading at top and bottom of the swing.
Also, on these cars there is another contact made when the sender arm is
at the bottom of the swing (empty) that turns on the light within your gauge
to let you know you're near empty. Sounds like that wasn't happening
either. So is it the right sender? Is it correctly installed so as
not to bind?
So with the information you've just given us, the odds are even higher
now that the problem is in the sender and not the gauge.
The only reason I think it's the gauge is
because in may 2013 my mechanic changed the whole system inside
(long stick) and on top of the tank. So, everything is brand
new.
I had bought the car in 2001 with a faulty
reading. I mean the gauge (on dashboard) would go to FULL when I filled it
up and then after not even 100 km, it would go to EMPTY. I drove like this
for many many years. Finally, on may 2013, I bought the whole system (LEVEL
GAUGE CONTROL for 62 pounds from Eurospares) and my mechanic put it
on.
Many of you seem to think it can't be the
dashboard gauge. The battery is out for winter. Can't do any testing with
ignition on. I guess I'll have to wait for spring.
Michael Savard
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2014 12:03
AM
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Taking fuel
gauge out.
How you know it is the gage?
Could be the sender!
Stephen
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