I just purchased this 32 Sundancer 2005 and the fuel gages are all over the place. I fill the tank and the next day both gages read around half. After about 10 minutes the make there way to full? Should I change both senders?
Fuel gages
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sbw1
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- Oct 10, 2006
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Learn how much fuel you burn per hour and forget the gauges.
unsalted
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- Jan 21, 2022
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- 2001 Sundancer 310
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- Twin MX 6.2L MPI w/Bravo III Drives
I have a Garmin MFD and pull engine data in via FoxGateway (2001 MX 6.2 MPI pre-SmartCraft) and it will track fuel consumption via engine fuel flow inputs. I find this very accurate and rely on it. I have a Generator, but we haven’t used it much so far, and would need to manually account for its burn if we do.
scoflaw
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2005 Baja 242 islander 496
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I'd start with the senders. Ground your sender wire and see if your gauge pegs full. You can dick around with the ground wire to see how responsive your gauge is.
Adriana Rae
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Had a similar issue after making sure the gauge was working correctly and the wires were cleaned and secure I bit the bullet and replaced the sending unit
Problem solved
Problem solved
Do you have the typical OEM senders with a float arm?
I would look at changing them out for a level sensor as long as your tanks will accept a sensor that will need to be unobstructed from top to bottom. Based on a recommendation in another thread, I recently installed KUS sensors and have been very happy with them so far. They don't much more and were extremely easy to install, at least in my case.
I would look at changing them out for a level sensor as long as your tanks will accept a sensor that will need to be unobstructed from top to bottom. Based on a recommendation in another thread, I recently installed KUS sensors and have been very happy with them so far. They don't much more and were extremely easy to install, at least in my case.