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GQ fuel gauge not working

Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2011 3:28 pm
by danger
the fuel gauge on my gq sits well below 0 and wont move even with a full tank.
i pulled the sender out and it all looks good. with the sender out i turned the ignition on and moved the sender float up and down but the gauge dident move.
is there any way to test the sender with out a multimeter.
how can i test the gauge

Re: GQ fuel gauge not working

Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2011 5:26 pm
by danger
problem solved it was a broken wire near the sender

Re: GQ fuel gauge not working

Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2011 9:13 am
by Signature
Both my petrol wagon and diesel ute did this. Checked the sender with a voltmeter and it was fine, traced it back and somewhere from the wiring plug under the passenger seat to the sender there was a break in the wire. Cut the wire and put a new one in running it through the conduit with the rest of the harness. I only had red wire and was too lazy to get anything else so I made note of it in the wiring section of the manual.

Re: GQ fuel gauge not working

Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 7:51 pm
by love ke70
im sure thats the biggest let down of GQs, broken wiring, ive had nothing but dramas with broken wires and dodgy cabling/door open sensors etc. gotta be the one thing nissan didnt over engineer and it really shits me.