SteveW Posted May 8, 2012 Author Posted May 8, 2012 The contact cleaner was £3 I think so it's not special. Any car shop or DIY place should sell it. Quote
Chee350 Posted May 8, 2012 Posted May 8, 2012 Great write up! Bookmarked incase I ever need this doing. Quote
MaDMaXX Posted May 9, 2012 Posted May 9, 2012 The contact cleaner was £3 I think so it's not special. Any car shop or DIY place should sell it. Yeah, it's finding it here, most people look at you with an honest-to-God blank look on their face, including the place i found it at! Quote
Jpape5 Posted June 1, 2012 Posted June 1, 2012 What a fantastic guide! Thank you SteveW for taking the time to do this step by step. I had a similar issue, under a quarter tank the needle and electronic read out were jumping all over the place. One minute 80miles, ----- the next! Followed this guide to a T and fixed my issue! 90 odd miles back in my tank and going down slowly! Only problem is, once i had put the sub and cover back, car wouldnt start and petrol gauge didnt seem to be fixed. Slightly miffed to say the least. Took the sub back out and the tank cover off....i hadnt connected the pump back up to the loom! Again, Thank you! Quote
SteveW Posted June 1, 2012 Author Posted June 1, 2012 No problem mate, glad it fixed your problem too mine is still working too. Quote
MaDMaXX Posted June 1, 2012 Posted June 1, 2012 I've got the new seals, going to hit this fix tomorrow Quote
SteveW Posted August 27, 2012 Author Posted August 27, 2012 (edited) Well sadly the fix only lasted 8 months and has now gone mad again..... So I need a new sender but not sure which one....... Time to experiment I feel ***update after 8 months I thought I was having issues but it seems I am not. I moved house and now my journey to work is very short. This moved coincided with the fuel gauge behaving oddly when in actuality it was due to my overall mpg dropping. So now December 2012 the gauge is still working after cleaning the senders.**** Edited December 30, 2012 by SteveW Quote
ZMANALEX Posted August 27, 2012 Posted August 27, 2012 Well sadly the fix only lasted 8 months and has now gone mad again..... So I need a new sender but not sure which one....... Time to experiment I feel Preowned senders in stock Steve, for both sides Alex Quote
SteveW Posted August 27, 2012 Author Posted August 27, 2012 Cheers Alex, likely to be in touch soon. Quote
MaDMaXX Posted August 28, 2012 Posted August 28, 2012 Hmm, pre-owned, huh, what kind of price are we talking? Mine isn't perfect, but it's close for now. I found using the resistance that you can tell which one you need. Quote
samsniss350z Posted November 4, 2012 Posted November 4, 2012 Wow what a comprehensive guide Steve, i own an '04 and although i've yet to encounter this problem its great to have the knowledge to be able to fix it rather than hand over my hard earned to a workshop and run the risk of 'well it took us four hours to find the fault sir'. A brilliant job well done. Quote
madmikester Posted January 2, 2013 Posted January 2, 2013 Rely great write up thanks SteveW going to try and get this done next week seems to be a lot of 04 cars with this problem mines a 04 as well !! Quote
SteveW Posted January 4, 2013 Author Posted January 4, 2013 Welcome. Good luck fixing it. Just as further information I recently found in the service manual a procedure for checking the resistance between the terminals on the senders and it tells you the correct resistances you should see when moving the float from full to empty. Quote
Karlp Posted February 13, 2013 Posted February 13, 2013 Just changed the O rings today, how long does it take to see a difference in petrol readings as mine is pretty much saying its under by about 10 litres, only showing to be getting 110 miles from 30 litres :/ Quote
JackStrong Posted April 25, 2013 Posted April 25, 2013 How do you release pressure in the fuel system ? Quote
cs2000 Posted April 25, 2013 Posted April 25, 2013 Would opening the fuel filler cap not do this, mine often hisses when its empty so id assume this would do it. Quote
Adrian@TORQEN Posted April 25, 2013 Posted April 25, 2013 SteveW, you're famous in US, too http://my350z.com/forum/9938781-post7.html Quote
SteveW Posted April 27, 2013 Author Posted April 27, 2013 Ha ha awesome! Only thing I'll ever be famous for! Quote
nap Posted April 27, 2013 Posted April 27, 2013 great link,as i just baught a 350z,the gauge does not work at all,so were do i start first ????????????? Quote
BulletMagnet Posted April 27, 2013 Posted April 27, 2013 great link,as i just baught a 350z,the gauge does not work at all,so were do i start first ????????????? Take grammar and punctuation lessons Quote
Adrian@TORQEN Posted April 27, 2013 Posted April 27, 2013 great link,as i just baught a 350z,the gauge does not work at all,so were do i start first ????????????? Take grammar and punctuation lessons :lol: Quote
peteman35 Posted April 28, 2013 Posted April 28, 2013 Just thought i would let everyone know, i did this on saturday on one of the senders..(passenger side) Filled her back up £62 Its now showing full! :yahoo: Thanks SteveW! 1 Quote
JackStrong Posted May 3, 2013 Posted May 3, 2013 After having this problem for ages I finally did the guide. Now the gauge is working, feel like my love for driving has increased 2 Quote
dobby Posted May 6, 2013 Posted May 6, 2013 I just finished doing this. I found the guide very usefull and the job was very simple to complete. I found the fuel pump sender was dirty and the other side clean. I've straight away got a quarter of a tank rather than nothing. Thank you for the guide. 1 Quote
SteveW Posted July 31, 2013 Author Posted July 31, 2013 Right update time. Sender has now gone mad again. After filling up and driving 160 miles I was told 3 DTE then after driving 240miles it now says 34DTE and everywhere in between from - - - - to 70DTE. Either time for another clean or a new unit. May have to be a clean until I've bought a house. Quote
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