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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: Deathowl on 21 July 2010, 10:49:58

Title: Fuel Gauge Issue
Post by: Deathowl on 21 July 2010, 10:49:58
Alright people i have just found out the hard way that my fuel gague is wrong i have a quarter a tank of fuel ion the car and it died and i had to get the police to close the highway.

What do i need to do to check what is wrong.

i feel a right noob :)
Title: Re: Fuel Gauge Issue
Post by: RobG on 21 July 2010, 11:26:20
Possibly sticking sender unit. Have a look here http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1251298222
Title: Re: Fuel Gauge Issue
Post by: Deathowl on 21 July 2010, 12:04:26
I really dont fancy doing that my self i am not the most merchanical person when it comes to cars
Title: Re: Fuel Gauge Issue
Post by: Deathowl on 21 July 2010, 14:00:59
Any one close that has done this before that could come down and do this or i would go to them
Title: Re: Fuel Gauge Issue
Post by: Welung666 on 21 July 2010, 14:20:15
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Any one close that has done this before that could come down and do this or i would go to them

I'm not close but I'd happily sort it out for you. I've got a tank here I can scavenge spares off if needed :y
Title: Re: Fuel Gauge Issue
Post by: Deathowl on 21 July 2010, 14:34:16
Brilliant where abouts are you in the west Mid's i come from that way so it is not that far from me
Title: Re: Fuel Gauge Issue
Post by: Welung666 on 21 July 2010, 14:35:23
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Brilliant where abouts are you in the west Mid's i come from that way so it is not that far from me

I'm about a mile from the Merry Hell Centre ;) :y
Title: Re: Fuel Gauge Issue
Post by: Omegatoy on 21 July 2010, 14:50:26
Wellung,
didnt any alarms go off? quarter tank? i.e. 20 litres? sounds like dead or blocked lift pump syndrome to me!!!!
 :y
Omegatoy
Title: Re: Fuel Gauge Issue
Post by: Deathowl on 21 July 2010, 15:02:51
no alarms nothing it just stopped
Title: Re: Fuel Gauge Issue
Post by: Omegatoy on 21 July 2010, 15:04:41
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no alarms nothing it just stopped


lol i meant in wellungs head!!! this is a well known fault with the 2.5td motors!!! :y
Title: Re: Fuel Gauge Issue
Post by: Deathowl on 21 July 2010, 15:55:04
Ahhhhhhh ok bloddy car ahhhhhhhhhhhh :)
Title: Re: Fuel Gauge Issue
Post by: Welung666 on 21 July 2010, 16:02:23
I had thought about it OT, but on another thread by the same poster he talks about a leak around the sender as well, so I was going to sort both at the same time :y
Title: Re: Fuel Gauge Issue
Post by: Deathowl on 21 July 2010, 18:46:51
i have fixed the leak around the sender well the rac man did lol becasue i couldnt move the thing the fuel sender seal was not even one the tank it was in the tank :) lol