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Old Feb 9, 2009 | 05:23 PM
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Help on FD, fuel gauge not working

just bought the car and fuel gauge is not working on my 93 RX7 twin turbo, is this a comon problem on FD3S? anybody know if this is the gauge it self or the sending unit?
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Old Feb 10, 2009 | 05:15 AM
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Two common reasons:
- the sender is a rheostat type and it can develop excessive resistance. Pull the pump and clean the contacts
- something is loose inside the tank and blocking the level float assembly.
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Old Feb 10, 2009 | 05:30 PM
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thanks for your help, i'll try to do that this weekend.
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Old Feb 26, 2009 | 09:30 PM
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thanks dgeesaman, i pulled the pump out and cleaned it, my fuel gauge works again, hopefully it will stay like that.
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