strange fuel gauge issue

Doctor G · Post by **Doctor G** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 9:34 am

So after fitting my walbro pump, I notived the fuel gauge is now laying FAR FAR below the Empty mark:

I pulled the pump out again :poke: but can't see anything wrong. All the soldering connections on the float assembly are in tact and nothing looks out of the ordinary...

What could be wrong here??? :poke:

poizen · Post by **poizen** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 10:54 am

only thing i cn think of is the steel rod that holds the float is bent

Vlade · Post by **Vlade** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 11:36 am

I Also had this issue, oh filled the car up - unplugged my fuel pump again... left it for a little while and plugged it back in, somehow it came right...

Doctor G · Post by **Doctor G** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 1:48 pm

yeah found the issue yesterday. Car has been "worked on" for 8 months now, so the battery was completely dead. Put a charged battery in and noticed very faint movement on the gauge - but not right yet.

Then I found that the ground wires on the injector wire harness was not connected. (usually goes on the intake manifold, but with the itb's there isn't one). Connected it to the firewall and Bam! there it is. Gauge sits perfect again.

never underestimate the power of an earth wire