fuel gauge not functioning?
#1
08-26-2018, 05:46 PM
fuel gauge not functioning?
So I just bought my first car about 2 weeks ago my 99 a4 1.8. The previous owner told me the fuel gauge does not work & didn't think much of it but after trying some methods that haven't worked, now I'm drawing a blank.
So my issue is the fuel gauge, the oil temp gauge, and the coolant temp gauge is not working the needles are pointed on the E & the low fuel light comes on which makes me believe its something in the gauge cluster itself because I have not found anyone else with a similar problem. Although the needles do move about a millimeter high whenever I start the car.
the previous owner noted he replaced the cam follower so I tried to reset the cluster with the fuse method but that didn't work. any ideas?
So my issue is the fuel gauge, the oil temp gauge, and the coolant temp gauge is not working the needles are pointed on the E & the low fuel light comes on which makes me believe its something in the gauge cluster itself because I have not found anyone else with a similar problem. Although the needles do move about a millimeter high whenever I start the car.
the previous owner noted he replaced the cam follower so I tried to reset the cluster with the fuse method but that didn't work. any ideas?
#2
08-27-2018, 06:07 AM
Our cars have a fuel sending unit in the fuel tank, it measures the amount of fuel in the tank with like a floatation device and it sends the information to the cluster. My guess is the fuel sending unit is shot, you can try give it a clean or maybe even try find a second hand one.
#3
08-27-2018, 04:57 PM
Our cars have a fuel sending unit in the fuel tank, it measures the amount of fuel in the tank with like a floatation device and it sends the information to the cluster. My guess is the fuel sending unit is shot, you can try give it a clean or maybe even try find a second hand one.
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