FEUL GAUGE NOT WORKING.

CHAREL · Post by **CHAREL** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 9:12 am

Hi all.
My S14's feul gauge decided in mid drift to stop working, and now show's full tank at all times, even if I swithch off the car!

And the other strage thing is that my AIR BAG light came on at the same time, so crearly there is something fishy going on there........

Any help would be apritiated!!!!!!
Thanx

Your local Drift NUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Charlvdw · Post by **Charlvdw** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 9:41 am

My ques would be that youre harness got caught some where and your gauge-wire is being shorted agains the body or metal(earthed) part. Look for parts that would move when you are doing the drift thing, seeing that uncle nissan disigned you car for driving and not drifting the abnormal movement may have caused something to touch or hook your wiring.(Yust a ques)

Sokar · Post by **Sokar** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 10:01 am

Hmmm, if its the airbag and the fuel guage you might need to check behind the cluster to see of there are any shorts there ase they are both quite far apart.

You can get into the fuel tank from the boot, there is a metal cover with a plastic screw cap under it, from there you get to the pump and the level sensor.

The nissan manual I had said the Airbad needs to be checked by nissan every 10 - 15 years, not sure if the car will warn you about it.

CHAREL · Post by **CHAREL** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 11:35 am

Sokar wrote:Hmmm, if its the airbag and the fuel guage you might need to check behind the cluster to see of there are any shorts there ase they are both quite far apart.

You can get into the fuel tank from the boot, there is a metal cover with a plastic screw cap under it, from there you get to the pump and the level sensor.

The nissan manual I had said the Airbad needs to be checked by nissan every 10 - 15 years, not sure if the car will warn you about it.

I know, I checkd the pump and the level sensor, but cant see anything wrong, and the funny thing is that the feul low warning light(aka petrol light) still works fine!

You want to hear something even stranger........ there are two plugs that go into you feultank(s14) one is for the pump, and if I disconect the other one............the airbag light goes of??????????WTF??????????????

Charlvdw · Post by **Charlvdw** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 11:46 am

Maybe your abs light and your feulgauge uses the same earth in the cluster and its of causing them to earth thru each other.

CHAREL · Post by **CHAREL** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 12:20 pm

Charlvdw wrote:Maybe your abs light and your feulgauge uses the same earth in the cluster and its of causing them to earth thru each other.

It could be!

So guess what Im doing this weekend......... stripping that cluster........it truly is the worst job on a car!!!

Sokar · Post by **Sokar** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 12:24 pm

CHAREL wrote:and if I disconect the other one............the airbag light goes of??????????WTF??????????????

Definately sounds like a short!

veecee · Post by **veecee** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 7:56 pm

CHAREL wrote:it truly is the worst job on a car!!!

i'm not so sure about that!!!

if anyone ever asks me to change the front discs of a mazda 323/ford lazer 1300 again - i will scream and run away... that truly was the worst job i've done on a car.

as for your fuel level and airbag light... where are the airbag sensors???

are there any in the rear of the car. perhaps the wiring harness in the rear of the car is the culprit. this could also be true because the S14 comes standard with the battery in the boot right???

Ero_sennin · Post by **Ero_sennin** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 8:11 pm

veecee wrote:
CHAREL wrote:it truly is the worst job on a car!!!
i'm not so sure about that!!! if anyone ever asks me to change the front discs of a mazda 323/ford lazer 1300 again - i will scream and run away... that truly was the worst job i've done on a car.

as for your fuel level and airbag light... where are the airbag sensors???

are there any in the rear of the car. perhaps the wiring harness in the rear of the car is the culprit. this could also be true because the S14 comes standard with the battery in the boot right???

say what?

veecee · Post by **veecee** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 8:13 pm

which part???

Ero_sennin · Post by **Ero_sennin** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 8:16 pm

I think the flattery is standard at the front, and dont think the sensors would be at the back for the airbag as your head will snap backwards if you get rear ended and not forward. This is just all my guess, prove me wrong, i dare you.

veecee · Post by **veecee** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 9:30 pm

Ero_sennin wrote:the flattery

the flattery???

hmmm, it seems i am on the same drugs you're on and i was thinking of another vehicle!!!

it must be all the quality time i spent with the BMW E30 325i this past weekend!

sorry!

Ero_sennin · Post by **Ero_sennin** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 9:49 pm

Its good aint it, weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

CHAREL · Post by **CHAREL** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 6:46 am

veecee wrote:
CHAREL wrote:it truly is the worst job on a car!!!
i'm not so sure about that!!! if anyone ever asks me to change the front discs of a mazda 323/ford lazer 1300 again - i will scream and run away... that truly was the worst job i've done on a car.

as for your fuel level and airbag light... where are the airbag sensors???

are there any in the rear of the car. perhaps the wiring harness in the rear of the car is the culprit. this could also be true because the S14 comes standard with the battery in the boot right???

Hey VeeCee.
Nope, the bat is in the engine bay, and as far as I know, the airbag sensors is in the front of the car, but dont ask me where????

I dont care mutch for the air bag, as Im going to change the steering wheel for something proper, its just the feul gauge, I still drive the car to work, so I need to know when to gooi the petrol..