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Fuel gauge suddenly went to Empty, now stuck there

Old Nov 3, 2022 | 09:46 AM
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Default Fuel gauge suddenly went to Empty, now stuck there

Hello,

my fuel gauge suddenly went to empty-
gas tank is full of gas, I don’t know if this is a sender problem or another issue, but it was not malfunctioning before at all.

I did change the fuel pump about 3 weeks ago, and everything has been fine since

Any ideas? Is the sender in the tank just bad?

thanks !
 
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Old Nov 3, 2022 | 01:02 PM
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Old Nov 3, 2022 | 03:02 PM
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Dell, I was getting ready to post on going into the diagnostic mode and doing that very check. That will tell the poster if the sender or the computer is bad.
 
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Old Nov 3, 2022 | 03:59 PM
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Thanks for the replies. There are several (4) FP settings and they all show between 208-253 ….. There is one that says FG 1 but that’s it
 
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Old Nov 3, 2022 | 04:12 PM
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So your FP all show good, what was the FG reading?

Should have 2 =

Fuel gauge 1 FP XXX Fuel gauge 000 – 254
255 Displays present damped total fuel level percent status in decimal
000 – 254=Normal range
255=Open/Short detected

Fuel gauge 2 FG XXXX Fuel gauge N/A Displays fuel gauge driver counts in decimal

Fuel pump =

Fuel system 1 F1 XXX Fuel indication system 000 - 009
10 - 254
255
--- Displays present received fuel level input 1 in decimal, fuel gauge will indicate present filtered level
000 - 009=Short Circuit (below empty)
10 - 254=Normal range
255=Open Circuit (over full)

--- = Missing Fuel system 2
F2 XXX Fuel indication system 000 - 009
10 - 254
255
--- Displays present received fuel level input 2 in decimal, fuel gauge will indicate present filtered level
000 - 009=Short Circuit (below empty)
10 - 254=Normal range
255=Open Circuit (over full)

--- = Missing Fuel system 3 FP1 XXX Fuel indication system 000 – 254
255 Displays present filtered Fuel level percent status from sender 1 in decimal
000 – 254=Normal range
255=Open/Short detected

Fuel system 4 FP2 XXX Fuel indication system 000 – 254
255
NC Displays present filtered Fuel level percent status from sender 2 in decimal
000 – 254=Normal range
255=Open/Short detected
NC=Not configured/option not present
 

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