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03 VY fuel gauge, trip meter etc. problem??

webbyVYute

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2003 VY V6 storm ute ( 5 speed manual

ive just baught this car 6 months ago and its had a problem with the dash since..

-the fuel gauge is always on the fritz and just reads whatever it feels like at the time,
-the trip meter is out by 4km ( every 4km i do the trip meter displays 1km )
-the distance to emty is never right ( obviously same circuit as fuel gauge )
-the 'km to go' always displays like 10,000km and 950hours or around there
-fuel averages and average speed never seems right..

seems funny because odometer works perfectly along with the tacho and speedo ? i would of thought the odometer and trip meter ran off the same circuit :confused: :help:

surely all these problems have to be relating to one big problem? ive heard if you put a series 2 dash in a series one car they do funny things like this ? how am i able to tell what series dash it is ? also heard something about if your earth for the dash is loose it can mess with it ?

any suggestions or knowledge about this sort of thing would be GREATLY apprectiated

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The distance to empty are never 100% Maybe the dash isnt right for the car it may have been changed..
 

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i have tested the fuel sender unit wich came up fine, 48 - 250 ohms full to empty.. ive tested the gauge with a scantool wich came up fine.. it seems it might be working now that a recalibrated it from a ute to a sedan, maybe the previous owner has put a sedan dash in it ? might explain why the trip meter is screwed too
 
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