As my fuel gauge is lying to me i thought i would use a thin stick to dip the tank to see the level but i was surprised to find i could not push the stick into the neck as there is a obstruction about 4 to 5 inches down ..is this a anti syphon measure to stop people nicking g fuel......pushing the stick against the obstruction it feels as though its some sort of rubber blocking it from going in......
any ideas ?????
JIM
DIP THE TANK
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Jordi
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Re: DIP THE TANK
Not sure if there is a flap in the filler neck but it does have a few bends in it. Could just be stuck at one of those.
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Re: DIP THE TANK
As the fuel filler neck enters
The side. Dipping the tank would
Be a bit pointless.
Think dropping the tank and repairing or replacement
Sender is your only option
The side. Dipping the tank would
Be a bit pointless.
Think dropping the tank and repairing or replacement
Sender is your only option
Andys Rusty Suzuki Emporium
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Jordi
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Re: DIP THE TANK
andyrew wrote:As the fuel filler neck enters
The side. Dipping the tank would
Be a bit pointless.
Think dropping the tank and repairing or replacement
Sender is your only option
That is also a very good point that never occured to me.
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Re: DIP THE TANK
There is a spring and a metal plate, this is only a guess as ive just had my tank apart and there was a spring and a plate that had fallen off in the tank, no idea how to get it back in so i left it off haha
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I've never seen that on any SJ I have worked on?gamble63 wrote:There is a spring and a metal plate, this is only a guess as ive just had my tank apart and there was a spring and a plate that had fallen off in the tank, no idea how to get it back in so i left it off haha
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Re: DIP THE TANK
You can siphon fuel out of my tank no problem!
If there was any fuel in it to begin with!!!
If there was any fuel in it to begin with!!!
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Re: DIP THE TANK
ScottieJ wrote:I've never seen that on any SJ I have worked on?gamble63 wrote:There is a spring and a metal plate, this is only a guess as ive just had my tank apart and there was a spring and a plate that had fallen off in the tank, no idea how to get it back in so i left it off haha
i must be wrong, it was in the bottom of my tank and was not sure what it was as it cant of come off the sender unit, tis a mystery
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Nothing in my filler either.
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I thought i would put some redex into the fuel tank 2 weeks ago to see if it might use its cleaning property to clear the dirty tank sender....i kept the tank topped up and after 1 week the gauge is reading okay again
another week has gone by and the gauge is still behaving correctly .....so fingers crossed its worked..will fill to the top today and add some more redex to it..........
jim.................
another week has gone by and the gauge is still behaving correctly .....so fingers crossed its worked..will fill to the top today and add some more redex to it..........
jim.................