Gas gauge wire corrosion?

[chaseincats]

The tank isnt dented so I just think its that I need to bend it and yep, the tabs are lined up.

[Captain Obvious]

6 hours ago, SteveJ said:

If you bend the arm down, it will register E later.

 

5 hours ago, siteunseen said:

I agree with Steve. If you bend it down, you'll get an empty reading much sooner.

 

5 hours ago, chaseincats said:

gotcha, thanks guys, ill straighten the arm then

Ummmmm. OK?    

[SteveJ]

2 minutes ago, Captain Obvious said:

 

 

Ummmmm. OK?    

Don't look at me. I just post here...

[Captain Obvious]

Haha! I'm just looking at those three pieces of input there and I have no idea what's going on.

The first two are completely contradictory, and the third is orthogonal.       

[chaseincats]

lol what im gonna do is wait until it says empty again (9 gallons remaining) and bend it one direction or the other until it reads 1/3 full now that i know a solution lol

[SteveJ]

It's not rocket surgery.

Use the toilet model again. If you bend the arm down, it cuts off sooner. Why? Because it is indicating that it is full even though the water is not as high as it was when the arm was straight.

If you bend the arm up, it fills up more because the float isn't being lifted up as soon to indicate it's full. Heck, if you bend it up enough, it won't cut off because the water will go down the overflow since the arm won't go high enough to activate the cutoff.

So if the gauge is reading empty at 9 gallons, the float on the sending unit is higher than it should be (or there is some other problem that we don't know about).

[siteunseen]

16 hours ago, Captain Obvious said:

Haha! I'm just looking at those three pieces of input there and I have no idea what's going on.

The first two are completely contradictory, and the third is orthogonal.       

I apologize. I meant read empty sooner. 

I've had a mind melt down over the past few days.

[Captain Obvious]

You gonna be OK?  Need anything?

[siteunseen]

7 hours ago, Captain Obvious said:

You gonna be OK?  Need anything?

More Seinfeld, less current events. Thanks CO.

[SteveJ]

49 minutes ago, siteunseen said:

More Seinfeld, less current events. Thanks CO.

I don't think you're in the minority right now. Hang in there and reach out to your fellow Z people as needed.

[Dave WM]

maybe its been covered, is this a top mount or side mount sending unit?

[chaseincats]

38 minutes ago, Dave WM said:

maybe its been covered, is this a top mount or side mount sending unit?

It's a top mounted unit