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comports Member Since: 20 Dec 2010 Location: Colchester Posts: 1698 |
Evening all,
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23rd Sep 2015 9:11pm |
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supershuttle Member Since: 20 Mar 2011 Location: Lancashire Posts: 3778 |
Mine does this all the time, I got the details of the fix from another member (there is a TSB on this) also my Indy has offered to carry this work out for me, apparently it's pretty common and caused by the car averaging the two fuel sensors and one of them (or the wiring) being defective - or something like that.
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24th Sep 2015 8:13am |
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comports Member Since: 20 Dec 2010 Location: Colchester Posts: 1698 |
Thanks for that
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27th Sep 2016 9:43am |
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miggit Member Since: 12 Jul 2014 Location: Milton Keynes Posts: 3657 |
Having looked at RAVE you should be able to get at the sender without dropping the tank. But I would ask yourself is this something that I can live with.... one of the senders is a reasonable price... well for a ffrr that is, but the other has the in tank fuel pump built into it, and as such is silly money..... And then there is the killer bit, as far as I know there is no way of determining which sender fubar'd...... so what to do? change the £70 one and hope for the best or change the pair and turn it in to a £500 with a bit of change
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27th Sep 2016 10:20am |
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rr driver Member Since: 09 Dec 2013 Location: london Posts: 181 |
I had this issue recently, the MD fixed as there was a TSB on the issue, in the end it seemed there was just a loose connection. From what i understand they did have to remove/drop the fuel tank to do so. Mine is still under warranty though. 2011 5.0SC Santorini Black
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27th Sep 2016 9:31pm |
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miggit Member Since: 12 Jul 2014 Location: Milton Keynes Posts: 3657 |
Just 2 points the OP is showing a TDV8 in his profile..... so he should be able to extinguish a King Edward in his tank without any repercussions, except it will make his cigar taste funny, so not recommended And which sender was the dud? the one with the fuel pump or the one without? Just wondering if the pumps demise might be related to the sender fix...... In which case would it not be better to replace the dud rather than try and fix? Yesterday I couldn't spell Engineer... Today I are one! Inventor of the 'Guide-o-Matic automatic wheel alignment tool' Former long term L322 owner, Up/Down graded to a Classic Tractor! |
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27th Sep 2016 10:35pm |
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krisleeds Member Since: 19 Oct 2014 Location: leeds west yorkshire Posts: 60 |
I had the same problem. I allways try to fix things before i go and buy expensive parts. I fixed it by letting tank run to a qurter empty and then testing each sender unit resistance by moving the senders arms up and down. Realised it was nowt to do with the senders. Was just a bad connection on the blue wires inside the tank. No problems since and is been about 6 months. |
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29th Sep 2016 8:28pm |
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