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DIP THE TANK
Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2015 4:53 pm
by basil
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
Re: DIP THE TANK
Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2015 5:08 pm
by Jordi
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.
Re: DIP THE TANK
Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2015 5:27 pm
by andyrew
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
Re: DIP THE TANK
Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2015 8:35 pm
by Jordi
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.
Re: DIP THE TANK
Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2015 11:39 pm
by gamble63
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
Re: DIP THE TANK
Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2015 11:42 pm
by ScottieJ
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've never seen that on any SJ I have worked on?
Re: DIP THE TANK
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2015 1:18 am
by twiss
You can siphon fuel out of my tank no problem!
If there was any fuel in it to begin with!!!
Re: DIP THE TANK
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2015 9:34 am
by gamble63
ScottieJ wrote: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've never seen that on any SJ I have worked on?
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
Re: DIP THE TANK
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2015 4:39 pm
by dan_2k_uk
Nothing in my filler either.
Re: DIP THE TANK
Posted: Sun May 17, 2015 12:21 pm
by basil
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.................