fuel gague problem...

[sparkplug]

OK, so I took the tank off, had it re-sprayed and re-mounted the internals.
Now the fuel light is always on even with a full tank and the indicator says empty.

So I took it all out, checked the wires were plugged in, cleaned the slider with a rubber to remove any carbon deposits and made sure nothing could foul the flotation arm when I put it all back in.

Same thing, warning light on and zero bars.

The tank is a Touratech so the internals are modified but it's all worked fine for over a year.

I put the original tank back on and that works fine, so the problem is somewhere in the TT tank.

I don't know what to check next.

Any suggestions?

 

[Davy]

Could it be an earth problem?

 

[davegs]

Fuel gauge

have you put the plate in the correct position?, if so is the float catchingon the inside of the tank somwhere?, only take a bit of frictionto stop it moving.
dave gs.

 

[sparkplug]

have you put the plate in the correct position?

Dunno I think so. I just slid it in towards the lobe at the front of the tank. I made pretty sure nothing is catching on it and that it was the right way up

 

[guzzimag]

I just did my fuel filter at the weekend. I marked my plate/tank up with a pen prior to disassembly and it seemed to want to go back on "one out" if you see what I mean. Maybe you've got the plate on skew-whiff. float

Even though I marked mine I had to take mine it all apart again when I turned the ignition on and found it was reading empty - careful reassembly and making sure the arm was moving freely sorted it - it was catching.

Good luck

 

[davegs]

Fuel gauge.

When you put in the pump/gauge assembly make sure the gauze strainer on the pump does not foul the float arm. (Just saw this in the Clymer manual, not my original thought!).
dave gs.