Fuel sender issue

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hoosierdaddy

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I installed a Tanks Inc tank with in tank E fuel pump in my 72 Duster . I have an odd problem , when I set sender and fuel pump in I tied the grounds together thinking this would work fine . My fuel pump works fine but I'm not getting signal to my fuel gauge so after checking the cluster and finding nothing obvious I turn to the sender . I had my wife sit in the car and turn the key on while probed around with a temporary ground and my gauge started working . The tank is in the car and I'm working pretty much blind so I can't see what I was touching with the temporary ground but I figured there must be an issue with the ground being tied into the fuel pump ( I know makes no sense) . So I install a dedicated ground for the sender and I get zero reading again . Any thoughts ?
 
-- :popcorn: -- I'm having a similar problem. My pump is not in the tank, but I believe that I have a ground problem. -- I have a new tank, and sending unit, and a new, summit, fuel gage. All have the same OHMs range.
 
The sender works on a ground. If you accidentally grounded the sender wire with your "temporary" ground then your gauge would read full scale. This is how I check my fuel gauge by grounding the fuel sender wire. I would suspect that either there is s bad connection at the sending unit or a bad sending unit.
 
A sender with 2 wires, signal and ground, wouldn't require the OEM chassis ground jumper on the fuel line. If your probing around had grounded the signal wire a good gauge would have went to max full position.
What we don't know... Ohms range of your aftermarket sender ( should be 80=E / 10=F ),
Tanks capacity and how much fuel is in it.
Keep in mind that most aftermarket senders are linear. They'll send approx' 45 at 1/2. The OEM thermal gauge looks for 23 to get 1/2. To get the OEM gauge anywhere near accurate throughout the range you will need meter match module.
 
There is no fuel line coming from this sender it's an aftermarket sender from Tanks Inc . I have an electric in tank fuel pump .
 
If you can get to the wires going to the sender, ground the supply feed wire to a good known ground or run a wire from the negative battery to it, if the gauge goes to full it is a sender or ground issue.
If it does not, it is a gauge issue.
If the gauge goes to full take the ground wire and send it straight to the battery, if the gauge matches the amount of fuel you have in it, it is a grounding issue.
 
There is no fuel line coming from this sender it's an aftermarket sender from Tanks Inc . I have an electric in tank fuel pump .
Run an a wire connected to an eyelet terminal and connect it to one of the sending unit mounting screws. Should have realized the situation,I have the tanks Inc system as well but didn't have the issues you're having.
 
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