Re: [ST] Fuel gauge problem

["Vicki Biscay" <vickib@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

My gauge is inaccurate in different ways than yours, but my dealer recently
informed me that my fuel sender is subject to the recall.  Until then, I
didn't know some of the 01's have the bad senders.  So you might not want to
rule this out until you check further.

Vicki Biscay
01 ST "Grinch"

- ----- Original Message -----
From: Carlin Vieri <cvieri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2001 5:04 PM
Subject: [ST] Fuel gauge problem


| My fuel gauge is acting strangely, and while the obvious culprit is
| the sender, I'm thinking it might be something else.  I have an '01
| ST, so the sender should be fine, and I haven't had any leaks (yet).
| The gauge used to work perfectly, but with my current tank of gas and
| the previous one, it's been weird.  For the first 100 miles or so on
| the tank, the gauge is stuck at empty and the low fuel light is on.
| At 100 miles, the gauge pops up to where I'd expect, and works
| properly until I refuel, at which point the needle sticks at empty
| again until half the gas is burned.
|
| I'm thinking it might be a problem with the float.  My gas tank was
| replaced when I crashed (about 800 miles or 4.5 tankfuls ago), so I'm
| thinking something might have been reassembled improperly.  Rather
| than trek out to the dealership, is there anything I can poke at?  I
| suppose I could just take the tank apart this weekend, but I was
| wondering if I should just go have the sender replaced.  Anyone seen
| similar behaviour?
|
| Thanks,
|
| -Carlin
| '84 GPz900 Ninja "Beast
| '84 VF500 Interceptor "Baby"
| '01 ST "Big Blue"
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