fuel gauge problem

[the baron]

hi i have a 1.6 td westy joker, the problem i have is the fuel gauge moves to a certain point and just sits there, it used to work and now i just cannot trust the reading ( and yes i know the fuel moves around in the tank lol). i put a tenner worth of diesel in the other other day, the needle just fluctuates. the oil light used to work now does not but, what i have noticed when i put my finger on the Resistor and push there is a faint glow of the led could it be a bad connection maybe. any help appreciated

[Oldiebut goodie]

If you put a tenner in it has most probably clogged it up! I would check that you don't clog up your pipes also. Whatever possessed you to put a tenner in it?

[the baron]

If you put a tenner in it has most probably clogged it up! I would check that you don't clog up your pipes also. Whatever possessed you to put a tenner in it?

lol did i forget to say i put a tenners worth of fuel in lol

[Oldiebut goodie]

i put a tenner in the other other day, the needle just fluctuates.

[ninja.turtle007]

If you put a tenner in it has most probably clogged it up! I would check that you don't clog up your pipes also. Whatever possessed you to put a tenner in it?

lol did i forget to say i put a tenners worth of fuel in lol

Is it still possible to buy £10's worth of fuel? I thought the minimum amount was 2 litres!

[the baron]

i will just get me coat

[the baron]

ok just smoke coming from the second resistor from the right




it looks as if it goes to earth correct me if i am wrong. could that be a bad earth or a short somewhere, basically the 22 ohm resistor keeps burning out.

[the baron]

ok so tonight i changed the resistor the oil light now works. ok so i tried a different dash pod on to night the water temp light just flashes, this did this every time i put the ignition on, the light has stopped working altogether now. the fuel gauge does exactly the same as the other dash pod, could it be a dodgy connection on the sender unit

[the baron]

ok so i have tested the voltage reg, tested with the ignition on and on leg A i got about 7ish volts, turned ignition off go no voltage at all. ok so i tested lilac black wire on the connector block again i got about 7 volts/ i did test the voltage regulator with the van on tick over i got 13/14 volts in and about 11/12 volts out, i have done a continuity test on some of the pcb tracks all seems ok,

[the baron]

ok just changed the voltage regulator over


everything seems to go up slower but gauges seem to just hang in the middle

[the baron]

still having problems with this

[Oldiebut goodie]

Putting it bluntly - that soldering is a right pig's ear - the leads look as though they are shorted to each other, left one appears to have a poor connection, there is no heat sink placed under the tab of the chip either.

[the baron]

lol this voltage stabilizer has now been changed as the legs had been broken hence the soldering job looked a bit dodgy, it now looks like this the connectors on the plastic circuit are broken






i am gonna slip a little heat sink under the fet, test voltage stabilizer i have 13.80volts in and about 10.17 volts out. the voltage seems a little high. ok so i just fitted another speedo pod on and the gauge still sits in the middle, i did drop the fuel tank a while ago and took sender gauge out and had a look at it all seemed ok, am just wondering if i have put it back in the right place.