just went for a cruise in the VL when the light comes on, i just give the fuel guage a little tap from the glass and it gets contact inside the dash so it reads how much is left! this works if ur a lazy prick and dont want to remove the cluster out to properly fix this problem... LOL! ill do it soon... one day... just adding it to my "VL needs this" list!

one of the best tech articles m8, i did this on mine and it fixed the problem. your right up is EXCELLENT! not to mention that i found the nut to my volt gauge missing, replaced it and now all but 1 of my gauges work (no oip pressure gauge yet)

Quote: Originally Posted by NTMID 8 one of the best tech articles m8, i did this on mine and it fixed the problem. your right up is EXCELLENT! not to mention that i found the nut to my volt gauge missing, replaced it and now all but 1 of my gauges work (no oip pressure gauge yet) Same here Ben. Done the fix on my Calais and Berlina and everything works a treat except the oil gauge doesnt work on either of the dashes. Not overly fussed as at least now I wont run out of fuel. Cheers

Quote: Originally Posted by ProMint86 Same here Ben. Done the fix on my Calais and Berlina and everything works a treat except the oil gauge doesnt work on either of the dashes. Not overly fussed as at least now I wont run out of fuel. Cheers yeah running out of fuel whilst taking someone for a drive is a bit embarrasing Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

someone help me asap !! my fuel guage does not work at all and ive used 3 different clusters now and none of them have done anything . i put a calais one in and the fuel guage moved about 1mm to the right (hardly noticeable) .so does it soud like this will work for me ? ? . i am begining to think it could be a wiring issue from one of the wires that plug into the cluster . anywaya can someone please help im sick of stoping for fuel uneceseraly

Hey mate sounds like your fuel sender unit has had it. Get it replaced, its located where the internal fuel pump is in the fuel tank.

thanks mate il give it a shot but sounds like a mission to get to it . anyone know of a thread onhere about changing the sender ??

can you use any type of wire????????????????????????

good write up buddy Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

lol all mine stoped workin but when i stuffed around with the main wiring harness on the battery it helped a little

thanks guys for all your positive feedback. From all your responses it seems that this is the main problem with VL gauges. Mine is still perfect and never drops to zero and is very accurate. There cant be many VLs out there with accurate fuel gauges. Quote: Originally Posted by azzaturbo lol all mine stoped workin but when i stuffed around with the main wiring harness on the battery it helped a little somehow I dont think that the main battery harness will affect the fuel gauge at all. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

i did this fix 2 months ago and it fixed my gauge, been working ever since perfectly, but one question. I got a shift light connected to my wires behind the dash and ever since i did this mod it doesnt work no more? i checked all the connections and they were fine? could it b the tacho wire?

are u earthing the tacho off the dash?

nar earthing on one of the metal pieces inside the dash, put it worked fine until i pulled it out and did the fuel fix Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

maybe try a different earth. i know a few people using the piller for their tacho earth... One thing to remember. VL electronics are very touchy you can never be too sure you have things right

hi guys, having trouble with fuel gauge. i will fill the car up to the top. then i notice as im driving the needle moves a bit at a time. sounded like my car was guzzlineg but wasnt. i was on nearly RED i filled up and only took 40ltrs. so just wanted to know if its my cluster (do the fuel gauge fix) or if its my sender? thanks

Sounds like my Calais, spat fuel at me and wouldn't take any more, jumped in and the guage only went to 3/4. Then it went down pretty quick, dropped to 1/4 after 100k's or so. Guess it's the sender, but maybe the guage is out of cal? Are the able to be calibrated? If not I'll go for the sender. Will look into the mod from this thread too, like the idea.

yeh dats whats happening. im not sure whether it would be the dash or the sender.. anyone have any ideas? thanks

just thought i'd bump this thread as my fuel guage is dodgy too... When i go to fill it up, the nozzle clicks and wont fill up anymore, but when i drive away the fuel guage only reads 3/4 full! And also, the needle constantly drops down to zero and needs to be bashed to get it to respond, so i will try the soldering method, just wondering if that will also fix the other problem, or is a seperate way of fixing that???

Thats interesting. My Berlina won't take anymore than 40L into the tank (standard 63L tank). Perhaps the vacuum hoses were reinstalled the wrong way by the panel shop.... Anyway, I managed to squeeze 55L into it once, and it started leaking at the seams by the time I got home. Sounds like your sender is fairly worn, marshal89. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.