I have a 89 si, my gas guage is stuck at FULL all the time!

Anybody know what can be wrong I am thinking it might be the cluster but anyways my cluster has 320,000 miles on it. I am thinking it might the resistor is bad?

any clues guys ?

 

Sounds like a broken and/or grounded out wire. Did you test the sender? Power at the sender?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Ermil &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Sounds like a broken and/or grounded out wire. Did you test the sender? Power at the sender?</TD></TR></TABLE>



And test the gauge

 

ground wire out?

there is no ground wire at the pump?

I didn't test for power but what I think I should do is do a continunity test from the sender to the cluster..

 

I had this problem it wasnt the sender so I replaced the gauge in the dash I think it was like $27 at honda for the whole thing with the temp gauge attached as well

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Crx Jimmy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I had this problem it wasnt the sender so I replaced the gauge in the dash I think it was like $27 at honda for the whole thing with the temp gauge attached as well</TD></TR></TABLE>

your talking about the circuit in the back of the cluster?

http://www.hondaautomotivepart...ND%29

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Crx Jimmy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I had this problem it wasnt the sender so I replaced the gauge in the dash I think it was like $27 at honda for the whole thing with the temp gauge attached as well</TD></TR></TABLE>

I had this problem too. I just picked up another gauge from pick n pull for free.

 

what exactly goes bad the resistor?

 

Wish my gas tank stayed full! :D

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by bossman032 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">what exactly goes bad the resistor? </TD></TR></TABLE>

The resistor is what controls the signal from the injectors. So if it went bad the injectors would stop working. But it doesn't go bad, it's not a common issue.

Replace your cluster, easiest thing.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ludesrv &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

The resistor is what controls the signal from the injectors. So if it went bad the injectors would stop working. But it doesn't go bad, it's not a common issue.

Replace your cluster, easiest thing.</TD></TR></TABLE>

ohh I thought the cluster had some kinda resistor for the ohms in the back of the circuit...

 

The resistor in this case is considered the "sending unit.."
It is a varible resistor with a float attached..

Here are the test pages from the manual:

 

well on a kinda same topic my gas gauge never goes up to full. it reads just fine but it doesnt go all the way up even with a FULL tank of gas. any ideas ? oh yea its a 00 si cluster

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Mr Synister &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">well on a kinda same topic my gas gauge never goes up to full. it reads just fine but it doesnt go all the way up even with a FULL tank of gas. any ideas ? oh yea its a 00 si cluster</TD></TR></TABLE>

get your own thread noob!

might be ur car is too slow for the cluster?

 

i too have this problem...sucks...its been like that for half a year..try these, swap out cluster,unplug fuel sender unit(see if your gas guage meter goes down),volt meter, and swap out the sender unit.

 

where can I buy the sender unit? any ideas how much does that **** cost?

 

test out the unit before you assume the sender unit is faulty. buy a volt meter from your local auto parts store.

 

YEA lol i just fixed mine hahaha
i just swaped out the cluster lol ...i change the cluster b4, guess the ones i had were all faulty lol. check your cluster
NOW i can cruise all i want without the worry of no more gas yee

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ef yu &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">YEA lol i just fixed mine hahaha
i just swaped out the cluster lol ...i change the cluster b4, guess the ones i had were all faulty lol. check your cluster
NOW i can cruise all i want without the worry of no more gas yee</TD></TR></TABLE>


haha. I thought it was the cluster I will try to find another cluster soon.

 

problem fixed, it was the cluster! expletiveen 3 years of driving guessing how much gas I had left and now its fixed.

only got stranded a few times.