I have a 96 civic ex coupe with a 99-00 Si cluster.
Everything works great except the fuel gauge stays on full regardless of what's in the tank. This was not the case before I swapped clusters; and after putting the EX cluster back in, I got the same problem.

Any ideas as to what could be the problem?

 

the thing inside the tank that's supposed to move up or down depending on the level of fuel inside the tank is probably seized up... I'll try to get pics of it

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by BrokeAssPinoy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">the thing inside the tank that's supposed to move up or down depending on the level of fuel inside the tank is probably seized up... I'll try to get pics of it</TD></TR></TABLE>

please do.

But it seems rather odd to me that it seized when I swapped clusters.

 

either that or you must've damaged the wires leading to the fuel gauge

 

I remember when I first got my ek, I had to drive it like 50 miles back home, and the gauge didnt move, and I was like, man its broken! Then my cousin started telling me about how wierd the gauge is. Like the first half is like 200 miles, and the last half is about 100 miles or something of that nature.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by BrokeAssPinoy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">either that or you must've damaged the wires leading to the fuel gauge</TD></TR></TABLE>

not on both clusters, seems odd.

 

Ohh so it works on the old cluster when you slapped it back on?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Vero &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">the fuel gauge stays on full</TD></TR></TABLE>

Dude... you're gonna save so much $ on gas!!!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by BrokeAssPinoy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Ohh so it works on the old cluster when you slapped it back on? </TD></TR></TABLE>

no it stays stuck on both clusters.

It seems odd that the intank sensor would seize right when I swapped gauges.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by nub.96ek &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
Dude... you're gonna save so much $ on gas!!! </TD></TR></TABLE>
LOFL
Do you have any gauge overlays?

 

your sending unit is bad or you got a short to ground between the cluster and the sending unit. and are you sure the clusters are good? maybe the gauge is bad.?

 

here you go. I had problem at half tank. got a ht member to give me info so I did a write up. it was my first write up so bare with me. Hope it helps.

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1069694

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by StrikerX &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">here you go. I had problem at half tank. got a ht member to give me info so I did a write up. it was my first write up so bare with me. Hope it helps.

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1069694</TD></TR></TABLE>

Thanks, I will check this out tommorow.

There are no overlays or any of that stuff. Just an Si cluster in an Ex

 

the car is affraid of the freakin' gas prices.

 

follow wires to sending unit

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by AK1200 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">the car is affraid of the freakin' gas prices. </TD></TR></TABLE>

the car and I both. this stuff is getting crazy.

 

yeap, it is the fuel gauge sending unit.

when I un-hooked the unit, the gass meter did not move at all (from empty). When I put it back in, the metere went to full.

I wonder if honda will replace it with the emmissions recal (96-97 civics).


Modified by Vero at 6:59 PM 4/26/2005