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#1017157 ctkog (User) Expert Boarder Posts: 523 Fuel guage being naughty 7 Months, 1 Week ago   Lately my fuel gauge has been inaccurate. The past few fill-ups even after riding a while only comes up to a little over the 3/4 mark. Not that I absolutely need it because I can always track my fuel by the odometer, but a gauge is nice to have when it works right. Should I be checking for bad connections, grounds, voltage drops etc, or does this typically mean some fuel level component is failing?   Logged     ---------- NOTHING STRAIGHTENS MY HEAD OUT BETTER THAN AN ENTIRELY CROOKED ROAD-----------   The administrator has disabled public write access. #1017159 BikerRon (User) Sour Kraut Platinum Boarder Posts: 4189 Re:Fuel guage being naughty 7 Months, 1 Week ago   Most likely the sending unit. Fuel contains sulfides which attacks the silver on the sending unit board that the sweep arm connected to the float makes contact with. I've had good luck using Cheveron Techron Plus Concentrate additive that supposedly keeps that crap from building up. Easy enough to pull It from the tank and check the sending unit.   Logged     ' width='450' border='0' style='max-width:450px; ' />   The administrator has disabled public write access. #1017163 ctkog (User) Expert Boarder Posts: 523 Re:Fuel guage being naughty 7 Months, 1 Week ago   BikerRon wrote: Most likely the sending unit. Fuel contains sulfides which attacks the silver on the sending unit board that the sweep arm connected to the float makes contact with. I've had good luck using Cheveron Techron Plus Concentrate additive that supposedly keeps that crap from building up. Easy enough to pull It from the tank and check the sending unit. Thanks Ron. It looks like the board surface is right up there in the fuel. nice. At least it will be easy to inspect after removal. Anyone have success cleaning the junk off the board? Would the Techron Plus work at this stage to clean it with once out of the tank or is there some other cleaner that's better for this?   Logged     Last Edit: 2017/07/16 18:45 By ctkog.   ---------- NOTHING STRAIGHTENS MY HEAD OUT BETTER THAN AN ENTIRELY CROOKED ROAD-----------   The administrator has disabled public write access. #1017242 G_Conway (User) ScrewBird Platinum Boarder Posts: 1121 Re:Fuel guage being naughty 7 Months, 1 Week ago   To me, it sounds more like your float is binding. See how freely it moves once you get it out. Pencil erasers are great for cleaning solder connections.   Logged     Last Edit: 2017/07/17 15:28 By G_Conway.   Gerry   The administrator has disabled public write access. #1017249 Father_Pobasturd (User) VENI VIDI VICI Platinum Boarder Posts: 4980 Re:Fuel guage being naughty 7 Months, 1 Week ago   1st world problem.   Logged     Last Edit: 2017/07/17 14:02 By Father_Pobasturd.   The administrator has disabled public write access. #1017251 ctkog (User) Expert Boarder Posts: 523 Re:Fuel guage being naughty 7 Months, 1 Week ago   G_Conway wrote: To me, it sounds more like your float is binding. See how freely it moves once you get it out. Pencil erases are great for cleaning solder connections. I'll try that. During my 30 mile ride to work today the needle went 3/4 then 1/2 then back to 3/4, so you could be right about the binding. thanks   Logged     ---------- NOTHING STRAIGHTENS MY HEAD OUT BETTER THAN AN ENTIRELY CROOKED ROAD-----------   The administrator has disabled public write access. #1017255 BikerRon (User) Sour Kraut Platinum Boarder Posts: 4189 Re:Fuel guage being naughty 7 Months, 1 Week ago   Once you get it out you'll see just how delicate that sending unit is. Follow the link. https://www.flickr.com/photos/34533738@N00/sets/72157626532315797/   Logged     ' width='450' border='0' style='max-width:450px; ' />   The administrator has disabled public write access. #1017274 jd750ace (User) Front toward enemy Platinum Boarder Posts: 18763 Re:Fuel guage being naughty 7 Months, 1 Week ago   Father_Pobasturd wrote: 1st world problem.   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #1017294 Deerkiller (User) I just made this great wheelie...did you see it? Platinum Boarder Posts: 7151 Re:Fuel guage being naughty 7 Months, 1 Week ago   Father_Pobasturd wrote: 1st world problem. So is pretty much everything we talk about around here   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #1017347 ctkog (User) Expert Boarder Posts: 523 Re:Fuel guage being naughty 7 Months, 1 Week ago   BikerRon wrote: Once you get it out you'll see just how delicate that sending unit is. Follow the link. https://www.flickr.com/photos/34533738@N00/sets/72157626532315797/ Nice pics of the sending unit removal, thank you. It sure looks delicate like you said. I'll post back on the results of cleaning it and retrying it.   Logged     ---------- NOTHING STRAIGHTENS MY HEAD OUT BETTER THAN AN ENTIRELY CROOKED ROAD-----------   The administrator has disabled public write access.

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