When I started the car this morning, the gauge just went to empty, and no further, despite the fact when I parked up last night 1/3 of a tank was showing.Could not see any sign that anyone had siphoned my fuel away, or any leaks!
Put £20 of diesel in. Gauge still will not pass the red empty section.
Assume therefore that tank sender is stuck or maybe the gauge itself (although find the latter unlikely).
Anyone ever had this trouble on a ZX? I know that the sender can be accessed via a round plastic hatch under the rear seat. Having trouble locating this as my ZX is one of the ones with the back seat that slides forward. I assume that I will have to unbolt and remove the rear seat?
ZX tank sender???
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jeremy
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Yes - you will have to remove the back seat - 6 torx headed bolts and some spacers, then the fun of getting the seat out.
My BX suffered from a similar problem with the fuel gauge and it turned out that the connector had pulled off the sender.
Best bit is getting the seat back when you have greasy hands!
Jeremy
My BX suffered from a similar problem with the fuel gauge and it turned out that the connector had pulled off the sender.
Best bit is getting the seat back when you have greasy hands!
Jeremy
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Jon
<font color="blue">Had a look over the weekend. A nice easy one this.
Slid the fronts seats forward, then moved the back seat forward as far as it would go. Removed the metal panel in the boot that clips to the bottom of the seat back. Found 3x torx bolts that secure the back seat and unbolted them.Pulled seatbelts through seat squab. Then pulled seat squab up, and wedged it up with a screwdriver against the floor. There are 2 access cover plates in the floor, like large rubber bungs. The middle one is removed to access the tank sender. This is secured by a large plastic lock ring. Undid this using a couple of lever bars to push it anti clockwise (in the absence of the correct tool, whatever that might be) and removed sender unit. Found that it was stuck. With the ignition on and sender out of the car moved the sender lever up and the tank read fulll, which confirmed that the sender unit was at fault. Fitted new sender unit (arrow on top of unit must face rear of car), and all OK.
"Reassembly was the reverse of the removal procedure" as the "Good Book" tells us.
See, even the Administrator gets his hands dirty sometimes.</font id="blue">
Slid the fronts seats forward, then moved the back seat forward as far as it would go. Removed the metal panel in the boot that clips to the bottom of the seat back. Found 3x torx bolts that secure the back seat and unbolted them.Pulled seatbelts through seat squab. Then pulled seat squab up, and wedged it up with a screwdriver against the floor. There are 2 access cover plates in the floor, like large rubber bungs. The middle one is removed to access the tank sender. This is secured by a large plastic lock ring. Undid this using a couple of lever bars to push it anti clockwise (in the absence of the correct tool, whatever that might be) and removed sender unit. Found that it was stuck. With the ignition on and sender out of the car moved the sender lever up and the tank read fulll, which confirmed that the sender unit was at fault. Fitted new sender unit (arrow on top of unit must face rear of car), and all OK.
"Reassembly was the reverse of the removal procedure" as the "Good Book" tells us.
See, even the Administrator gets his hands dirty sometimes.</font id="blue">
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Sl4yer
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Mine once froze suddenly at about 1/4 full. I drove carefully for a few days keeping an eye on the tripmeter for 360 miles coming up (I always filled it full in those days).
About a week later it suddenly freed, and has never done it again in the three or so years since! I'm guessing something jammed the float in the tank.
About a week later it suddenly freed, and has never done it again in the three or so years since! I'm guessing something jammed the float in the tank.