nandohartmann
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hey all, first thread here for me.
The Back-Story: i got my p's around 6-7 months ago, and bought myself what i thought to be a decent commodore. it has problems, but it gets me places, which is what matters. The original owner informed me of a good 50% of problems it had. i fixed those 50% first up, a number of others have since come up. He told me that the petrol gauge was not working. All other instruments worked at that points.
Not too long later, both the odometer and tripmeter cut out. I have since had no way of knowing exactly how much fuel i have, and me being the conservative type, i always throw in as much fuel as possible, whenever i can. The drain on my pocket is getting to me now, and i want ot get the petrol gauge working.
What i was told is that the original owner needed to replace something in the fuel pump, and in the process he bent some kind of pipe or tube, which in turn disable the petorl gauge's function.
I've asked around about how to rectify the situation, even looked at the forums on this site, but found nothing i would be comfortable attempting.
So im just after general ideas from anyone with more experience than me with mechanics, how much would it cost to get this bent pipe/broken fuel gauge fixed?
As far as i know, the pumps for VR's are inside the tank itself, so it would require tank removal etc.
thanks for any information, and apologies for the long read.
The Back-Story: i got my p's around 6-7 months ago, and bought myself what i thought to be a decent commodore. it has problems, but it gets me places, which is what matters. The original owner informed me of a good 50% of problems it had. i fixed those 50% first up, a number of others have since come up. He told me that the petrol gauge was not working. All other instruments worked at that points.
Not too long later, both the odometer and tripmeter cut out. I have since had no way of knowing exactly how much fuel i have, and me being the conservative type, i always throw in as much fuel as possible, whenever i can. The drain on my pocket is getting to me now, and i want ot get the petrol gauge working.
What i was told is that the original owner needed to replace something in the fuel pump, and in the process he bent some kind of pipe or tube, which in turn disable the petorl gauge's function.
I've asked around about how to rectify the situation, even looked at the forums on this site, but found nothing i would be comfortable attempting.
So im just after general ideas from anyone with more experience than me with mechanics, how much would it cost to get this bent pipe/broken fuel gauge fixed?
As far as i know, the pumps for VR's are inside the tank itself, so it would require tank removal etc.
thanks for any information, and apologies for the long read.