My fuel reading in my Vt is stuffed!!

[adamrollo9]

hey all,

yesterday i went to put fuel in my holden vt v6 ex. The fuel reading in the cluster said it was close to full. So i wanted to top it up because fuel was cheap, it ended up costing me $68 to fill?..... Wanted to know if i need a new cluster or could be a little thing i could fix to help.

Cheers All,!

[ACEMonkey]

Does your needle drop to Empty when you turn your car off?

Just before you start your car, press and hold Mode and Up buttons, then start the car. Once your car is running, you can let go the buttons and scroll through until you get to "Fuel Remaining" screen. As you're driving, the fuel remaining number will drop. Just keep an eye on it for a few days as you drive around and compare that against your fuel gauge.

If the "Fuel Remaining" number doesnt drop after a few days long distance drive, your fuel level sensor in the tank is sticking or stuffed.

If the needle on your fuel gauge doesn't drop but your "Fuel Remaining" number is indicating correctly, its probably just your fuel gauge needle is stuck hard or bad contact at the back of the cluster.

[adamrollo9]

hey mate just tried it before i got it to the right mode F**** L but mine was staying at 45 going to 56 and staying between that just jumping, and my fuel reading says its way clear past half way? if its my fuel sensor how much do they cost to get done?

[slepar]

Does your needle drop to Empty when you turn your car off?

Just before you start your car, press and hold Mode and Up buttons, then start the car. Once your car is running, you can let go the buttons and scroll through until you get to "Fuel Remaining" screen. As you're driving, the fuel remaining number will drop. Just keep an eye on it for a few days as you drive around and compare that against your fuel gauge.

If the "Fuel Remaining" number doesnt drop after a few days long distance drive, your fuel level sensor in the tank is sticking or stuffed.

If the needle on your fuel gauge doesn't drop but your "Fuel Remaining" number is indicating correctly, its probably just your fuel gauge needle is stuck hard or bad contact at the back of the cluster.

that doesnt help mate, they both run off the same sensor

[tk55]

that doesnt help mate, they both run off the same sensor

yes it does. it'll tell you if the fuel gauge itself is working properly. if you have a stuck needle (mechanically), the sensor might still be working and so is the digital read-out.

[Trevor 062]

Chances are the fuel sender is knackered commom problem with the VT

[vn_v6]

drive it till its under 1/4 tank, might have to check with a stick lmao, dont drill holes kiddies, and then pul the pump out, i did this at the wrekers frst so i knew how it came out on SOMEONE ELSES car, youl need a seal i think?

[moose man]

Last I heard, Holden were still looking for suggestions as to how to fix this problem. They're well out of warranty now, and care factor has reduced to zero.
I saw this on hundreds, if not thousands of Commodores, and at the time there were almost as many campaigns from Holden attempting to rectify this problem.

The most common problem was that the fuel needle goes to empty before the actual level does, but above half it's fairly accurate. Because most customers had more fuel than they expected, it wasn't thought of as a critical fault.

[aazn]

just a quick question?

how big is the vt/vx fuel tank?

mine light just came on so i filled up.. ended up putting in 70L i got a feeling it is a dodgy pump.

[tk55]

vt petrol fuel tank is 75L. i never filled up my petrol tank before since mine is dual fuel. but 70L if the light only just came on doesn't sound right to me too.

[aazn]

vt petrol fuel tank is 75L. i never filled up my petrol tank before since mine is dual fuel. but 70L if the light only just came on doesn't sound right to me too.

jerry can time!! gonna rip them a new one.