>This leads me to conclude that the sending unit is bad. It is less than 3
>yrs old but a reproduction replacement, so who's to say. Is this a correct
>assumption?
Sounds right to me. This assumes that the fuel gauge appeared to act normal
after the new sending unit was first installed (at least for a while) and
you haven't 'messed' with the gauge itself at all. My point being: there
are ways to adjust the way the fuel gauge responds to the signal sent by the
sending unit. Two small nut and bolt affairs at the back of the fuel gauge
function to position the magnets that deflect the indicator needle.
Depending upon their position, the needle will be deflected by the magnectic
field to a different extent (given the same signal from the sending unit).
I would tend to think that a sending unit will fail more often than a gauge
will. The fact that it permanently reads full would suggest an electric
problem and not a sunken floater.
Not to belittle your problem but I use my trip odometer instead of my fuel
gauge. My fuel gauge functions on chaos theory. I also find that sun spots
affect the reading my gauge gives. I strongly suspect that the Dow Jones
might have an influence as well. I'm not sure about other things like phase
of the moon or how many cats are in the neighborhood.
Will "that wasn't even worth $.02" Zehring
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