Hey all, a few of my gauges on my dash arent working correctly and i wanna know, is it my dash thats screwed up or dodgey wiring!

 

my fuel gauge is like never working and usually always sits on empty which is really annoying as i dunno when to fill up! and my temp gauge usually sits at the correct temp but every now and then it will jump to over half when i hit 2.5k revs, then when i drop below that it goes back to normal!

 

do i get a new dash as the board on it is f*cked, or do i trace the wiring back! i don't really know where i should be looking for the temp and fuel gauge wiring! as in when it gets to the engine bay

 

help is much appreciated

Fuel gauge problem - pull the fuel sender out of the tank (make sure you got less than 1/4 of a tank in the car), earth it to the body and move the float up and down. Have someone check to see if the fuel gauge moves. If it doesnt at all, then your fuel sender is more than likely dodgy.

 

Always helps to have a spare sender unit or gauges to determine which is faulty.

 

I'd say its more than likely a wiring fault somewhere in behind the dash causing it to play up, so before you go pulling out fuel sender units, borrow a spare instrument cluster and plug it in and see if it changes anything.

 

Good luck champ!