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Hey everyone i was hoping for a bit of advice on how to get my fuel guage working again. Its not the actual guage because i have bought a replacement cluster and it all works bar the fuel guage. Is there a commom part that breaks down? any help would be greatly appreciated.

cheers,

TinyGQ

sender/pickup in the tank?

Mine usually dies when it's on E and parked on a slope. Comes good about two days after I fill it up again.
Lift the carpet in the rear of the GQ and you'll find the hatch for the sender unit. Be carefull and by a manual before you frig around with it and remeber it is easier to blow yourself up on a quarter tank of fuel than on a 3 quarter tank of fuel

Having been there I reckon it might be the variable resistor on the sender unit. If it is the original sender unit, the float has a little wiper arm that runs along this resistor and that resistor gets worn out and shorts out in places along the track - mine used to show full, then drop to empty, then just before getting empty it would come up just above the 'E' then drop again. Nissan quoted me about $350 for a new one... managed to get one on mates rates for $150. Either way, still steep for a bit of pipe and a float with a wiper arm.

I just replaced the fuel sender unit in the tank ~ $100

Common problem with GQ Patrols

Mine was inconsistant too. Tank is a Long Range Automotive one on right hand side, LPG tank in rear. I phoned LRA and they said it should be the genuine one fitted back into their tank. It was, and they sold me a second hand one for, I think it was, about $40. After getting the old one out, I found it was the float arm coming away from contacts. A stainless screw and nut would have fixed that easy.

Mine died in the auxilliary tank also. It was the standard one that was swapped over when it was put on gas. They just saw through the pick up pipe to make it the right length and shorten the float arm so it registers empty when the float goes down the bottom of the tank. That was about 5 or 6 years ago and Nissan one was around the $150 mark then. Its easy to swap over but dont smoke while your doing it.

CHeers everyone, im sure ill be able to use the feedabck you have given me, and yea i already bought a manual thats the only reason i know what the sender thing actually looks like and cheers for the concern but i dont smoke lol! On another point that i can check when i take it out is sometimes when i stop and get out of the car or even just shake it i can hear something rolling around at the bottom of the tank, any ideas?? Mybe its part of the sender unit? Ill take it out and see what i find lol

cheers everyone!

TinyGQ

Sneaky wrote:I just replaced the fuel sender unit in the tank ~ $100

Common problem with GQ Patrols

$100, where'd you get the bit from?

CJ Burns Esq wrote:

Sneaky wrote:I just replaced the fuel sender unit in the tank ~ $100

Common problem with GQ Patrols

$100, where'd you get the bit from?

Through my mechanic...dont know where he got it from :S

CJ Burns Esq wrote:

Sneaky wrote:I just replaced the fuel sender unit in the tank ~ $100

Common problem with GQ Patrols

$100, where'd you get the bit from?

Maybe its not an original nissan part?

nah just wrang Nissan and its $85 and $15 for the seal. I also wrang a few wreckers and i couldnt get one undr $110! $170 for the most expensive, i think they might have to recheck the costs loL!!

Check where float arm attaches to sender unit. Can come dislodged and lose connection with the resistive strip. Plastic hooks that hold unit in position wear allowing it to become dislodged

Nick