Fuel gauge

Bongo Charlie · Post by **Bongo Charlie** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 9:47 pm

Hi im new to this,i have just brought a bongo,and we have converted it ourselves,but the fuel gauge keeps saying empty,so i put more in but it only takes £8.ish,the needle then goes to quarter of a tank,would that mean the float could be stuck,and how do i mend it,being a woman :(

brorabongo · Post by **brorabongo** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 9:52 pm

check this recent thread

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http://www.igmaynard.co.uk/bongo/forum/ ... php?t=9946

Edit: Sorry. I never welcomed you!

Welcome

Post by **francophile1947** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 10:08 pm

Hi Bongo
Welcome to the madhouse!! A poor earth connection to the tank seems to be the usual cause of fuel gauge problems. Floats rarely stick, after all, they are floating in oil.

mikeonb4c · Post by **mikeonb4c** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 11:47 pm

Welcome Bongo (amazing no-one has nicked that 'callsign name' before). Hope you have may miles of happy motoring. Cant really add to the above except that everytime I read about fuel gauges on BF, it is this earthing problem, which seems easily fixed as long as you can gain access OK once you've had a conversion done.