hey guys i got a bit of a porb. here with my stock fuel gauge.it seems to be stuck in the f postion but it worked fine the other day i have checked all the fuses and they are fine.i was reading somewhere i could jump to wires and see if its any good but it didnt explain it too good.any insight on this or help would be great

 

I don't know how to check it but your float could be stuck.You can get to the fuel sending unit underneath your rear storage box. I doubt this helps any.

 

well i took out the sending iunt and inspectied it,it seem fine sao i reinstalled and its still stuck.i been searching for few hours still came up with no answer i need.

 

How mant wires are on the fuel sending unit?

 

how many miles have the needle been up at F?
for my car, F doesnt really drop until 100 miles

 

before it siad almost empty now its pegged at full.im wondering if the gauge grounded out some where?

 

Thats what it sounds like. Normally that is how you test the guage is to ground it out. And if it goes up past the f then It can mess up the fuel guage.

 

its not past the f mark its like dead even with it.i have taken the cluster out a few times trying to find where its grounding out (if that is the problem)but i didnt see anything thats seem messed up.im going to try to trace the wire down and see wtf is going on.

 

Bump.

This just happened to me yesterday. I have an 89 HF and my fuel gauge was getting close to E. As I pulled into my driveway, I looked down and noticed that the gauge was all the way up to F. It was pass the normal full line, and almost touching the F. I turned off the car, and went inside for a while. When I left again and started the car, it slowly made it's way down to the normal level.

As I was driving, I was almost to my destination (about 25 miles away) and it was pegged at F again. Same thing...turned off the car and was there for about 5 hours. When I left, started the car and the gauge slowly returned to the correct level.

It hasn't happened yet today, it is remaining at the correct level right now. It doesn't appear to effect the driving at all. I'm not too concerned about it, because I use the trip meter anyway to determine when I need to get gas, but it's still a little weird to see the fuel gauge like that.

I may check to see if there are any grounding issues this weekend, but I don't really know where to start.

 

well a few weeks ago i took out the cluster it worked fine.put it back in now its all fucked up i cant figure it out.anyone have any ideal on where to start to find ground wires that are under the dash.when the wires leave the sending unit where do they go?

 

here's something else to check...

remove the sending unit you'll see a metal cover with 4 tabs. pop off the cover and check the slider that rides along the bobbin coil (copper windings). over time the coil chaffs (sp) the slider and eventually rubs a hole right through it.

 

tried it even took sotf tooth brush like thing and clean it lil bit.nuttin same thing happen. i need to try to trace the sending uint wire fom clip for the cluster to the unit.i look in the shop manual for the crx i got from honda(i call it the big blue book)and it didnt go to far into details.