Do we have a fuel light?
03-02-07, 03:17 PM
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Do we have a fuel light?
i haven't really wanted to check, but i was curious to know if we (1st gen owners) have a low on fuel light. i've driven my car for miles on E, but there was never any light that lit up. anybody know? sorry for a dumb question...
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03-02-07, 08:09 PM
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Check for corrosion on the YL (yellow w/blue stripe) wire connector at the fuel sending unit. Mine didn't work before I got a new sending unit and new female connectors.
03-02-07, 10:38 PM
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85-85's have the little low fuel sensor as part of the gauge float assembely.
Mine never worked once,but when I installed the FC intank fuel pump assembely into my 84 tank,it had the same low fuel sensor on it.I wired it up,and what do you know,it worked.Comes on dim about 1/4,then brightens up as I pass 1/8.Probably a little premature,but thats likely due to the FC having a different shape fuel tank.
Mine never worked once,but when I installed the FC intank fuel pump assembely into my 84 tank,it had the same low fuel sensor on it.I wired it up,and what do you know,it worked.Comes on dim about 1/4,then brightens up as I pass 1/8.Probably a little premature,but thats likely due to the FC having a different shape fuel tank.
03-03-07, 02:25 PM
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its supposed to do that
there are 3 connectors at the tank on the little bulkhead fitting, one is a ground, the other 2 are for the gauge and the low level light. on my tank the low level light pin has simply dissolved from corrosion, my spare tank is the same way.
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03-03-07, 04:15 PM
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if you dont have a light then you're bulb maybe out or something else...
i have a GSL-SE and once it gets below 1/4 it will slowly light up and slowly fade, i'd say with a spa of 10-15 seconds....
and the lower to fuel level goes the more frequent the light lades in an out until you're sitting at e which it then will be steady fading for 5 second span from fade in and out
i have a GSL-SE and once it gets below 1/4 it will slowly light up and slowly fade, i'd say with a spa of 10-15 seconds....
and the lower to fuel level goes the more frequent the light lades in an out until you're sitting at e which it then will be steady fading for 5 second span from fade in and out
03-04-07, 07:08 AM
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My 84 has it and I love it.
When It comes on at Summit Point, I can go about 2 more laps or 4 miles before it starts starving for gas in the right hand turns.
Then it time to pit for 15 more gallons. Repeat the process every two hours.
These cars are kinda weird some "like mine" will pick up all the gas in the tank but most will leave a gallon or so in the tank and run out. I have never had a tank apart to find out why this is.....anybody who has taken one about know why this is?
When It comes on at Summit Point, I can go about 2 more laps or 4 miles before it starts starving for gas in the right hand turns.
Then it time to pit for 15 more gallons. Repeat the process every two hours.
These cars are kinda weird some "like mine" will pick up all the gas in the tank but most will leave a gallon or so in the tank and run out. I have never had a tank apart to find out why this is.....anybody who has taken one about know why this is?
03-04-07, 12:31 PM
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Originally Posted by dblclutch
My 84 has it and I love it.
When It comes on at Summit Point, I can go about 2 more laps or 4 miles before it starts starving for gas in the right hand turns.
Then it time to pit for 15 more gallons. Repeat the process every two hours.
These cars are kinda weird some "like mine" will pick up all the gas in the tank but most will leave a gallon or so in the tank and run out. I have never had a tank apart to find out why this is.....anybody who has taken one about know why this is?
When It comes on at Summit Point, I can go about 2 more laps or 4 miles before it starts starving for gas in the right hand turns.
Then it time to pit for 15 more gallons. Repeat the process every two hours.
These cars are kinda weird some "like mine" will pick up all the gas in the tank but most will leave a gallon or so in the tank and run out. I have never had a tank apart to find out why this is.....anybody who has taken one about know why this is?
03-04-07, 07:42 PM
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i'm not sure if i'm not running on low enough fuel that it doesn't turn on, or it just doesn't work. any suggestions? just check the wire connections?
03-04-07, 07:56 PM
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Check the wire connections. I never saw the light until I swapped in a new fuel sending unit and stuck on new connections. The wire that is the light (yellow with blue stripe) was corroded as hell over the connection and prong. Was very brittle and broke apart when I took the connector off.
03-05-07, 05:41 PM
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Originally Posted by RoToReX7
sorry to be a pita, but can someone take a picture and circle where the light shows up?