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Now getting through most of the big jobs on my car... But still don't have a working fuel gauge. Any recommendations? My new car builder has bought very pricey ones in the past but even these have quickly failed...

What do you need ?

A gauge you can calibrate to an existing sender

http://www.spa-uk.co.uk/design/gauges/

A dip tube type sender available in varying lengths

http://www.vdoshop.co.uk/acatalog/Dip_Pipe_Sender.html#

Matching fuel gauge for dip tube

http://www.vdoshop.co.uk/acatalog/Pressure_Sender_52mm.html

Peter

Thanks - forgot I posted this. The problem Greg who runs my car has had with these dip guages is that they tend to get jammed by the foam in the tank breaking down over time apparently. Has anyone else had this issue? Looks like a nice simple solution if it works

The only simple answer I can think of is to fit some sort of filter sock onto the dip tube, as long as the fuel can still get through it should work

Peter

notax wrote:Thanks - forgot I posted this. The problem Greg who runs my car has had with these dip guages is that they tend to get jammed by the foam in the tank breaking down over time apparently. Has anyone else had this issue? Looks like a nice simple solution if it works

How can they possibly get jammed when there's no moving parts! They work on capacitance between the inner and outer tubes which creates a variable resistance by an electronic circuit which is integrated into the unit.

I've used these on a couple of cars, they work great.

Martin

Good info Martin, I didn't know that

Presumably that's why you have to have the matching gauge

Peter

Thanks for the info, I've no idea if this is the type of guage he was referring to, but this looks to be just what I need