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| Mitch_ |
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The fuel guage in the fairmont has been playing up of late...
last friday i filled it up with 45L and it was only registering 1/2 a tank...and yesturday and today it has been moving up and down between 1/4 and 1/2 tank of fuel! whats wrong with it! also...how much would a new thermostat cost?
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| fordzatmyplace |
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it could be the fuel sender... or it could be the guage... try replacing both and see what happens
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| Leroy |
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genuine ford thermostat and gasket/o'ring i could get you for about 20 bucks
as for the fuel guage? i would guess the sender first
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| Vic |
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Well try getting the dash cluster into diagnostic mode first for a little deductive reasoning and observe the digital fuel reading to see if it is moving up or down erratically.
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| camh1980 |
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How did you reset your odometer? I thought that couldn't be done on the EFs and EL's - nice conversion of gauges, mate!!
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| camh1980 |
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How did you reset your odometer? I thought that couldn't be done on the EFs and EL's - nice conversion of gauges, mate!!
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| camh1980 |
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Yep - had a similar case happen to me in my NA Fairlane -replaced the fuel sender in the tank, also had the injectors cleaned as welled - was fine after that. My NL fuel gauge is pretty spot on - when mine drops to half a tank, I have half a tank left.
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| Vic |
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The odo wasn't reset, it's a new cluster.
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| camh1980 |
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Ok then - sorry, my bad.
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| XCH45R |
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i'd say its the fuel sender, pull it out and clean it up, or jsut replace it, depending on how much they are.. :s
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| camh1980 |
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I say the fuel gauges should be like this now............
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| AKO |
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I think a fuel level versus mortgage would be more appropriate.
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| DMac |
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Age: 38 Posts: 1372 Joined: 7th Nov 2004 Ride: Lancer Coupe Location: Southeastern suburbs, Melbourne |
seton005 if you watch your sig a couple times it gets sicking. its good but for some reason i feel like i am gonna chuck.
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| smoke_ |
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the sender is the most likely problem.
if the cluster happens to be crook mitch, rip it out and give it to me, i'll get it fixed for ya.
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| voids |
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could even be driving style? drive it hard and your gauge will drop then ease it up and drive steady and your fuel gauge will rise.
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