1150 Fuel Gauge

[Kev Sp8]

I noticed today that my fuel gauge has randomly started to misbehave. Despite being brimful, the gauge reads a couple of bars less, and seems to fluctuate a bit.
I can't think of anything i've done that would cause this. Anyone else had it?

 

[denny]

Thia might be of interest to you...

http://www.ukgser.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=23544

 

[shuck raider]

Squirt of WD40 or silicon spray on the 4 pin connector block under the plastic cover on the right hand side.

Common problem...easily fixed.

 

[B4ndit]

Mine always shows 2 blocks under full when full. Should I throw some WD 40 around?

 

[ahutcheon]

Mine sometimes shows one block below full when brimmed, then shows full after 30 miles or so. I ignore it, details only matter at the other end of the scale.

 

[craig10]

I noticed today that my fuel gauge has randomly started to misbehave. Despite being brimful, the gauge reads a couple of bars less, and seems to fluctuate a bit.
I can't think of anything i've done that would cause this. Anyone else had it?

Mine does that as well, and after a stop it normally goes blank for a while, then comes right after a time on the go again. Maybe heat related, ie when stopped it gets a bit warm under the tank then cools down once on the go again. Always went to 10 bars after filling when I first got it.

Seems to always be ok though from 4 bars down to zero, the light's constant at 200 to 210 miles from full. Just been using the trip for a while now, need to get checking those connections behind the rhs side panel sometime...

 

[david a hall]

Have you dropped it recently? Lie it down on its right side that will fix it. On soft grass with engine bars is best.

 

[illustratedman]

Gauge

It sometimes does it once the fuel filter has been changed as well.

 

[Kev Sp8]

Thanks for the feedback guys. Not been dropped or recently fiddled with; must be it's time of the month! I'll keep an eye on things, but I'm not going to get too worried.

 

[Phil W]

Squirt of WD40 or silicon spray on the 4 pin connector block under the plastic cover on the right hand side.

Common problem...easily fixed.

Is that the cover under tank an seat??

 

[MattW]

Is that the cover under tank an seat??

Yup
Use care removing it - first time I removed mine, I snapped off one of the plastic 'nipples' that locate it

It's not the issue with this thread, but HID ballasts can also sometimes mess with the RID.