FuelSender
Thefuelsenderisattachedtothetopofthefueltank.Theresistanceofthefuel
senderincreasesasthefuellevelinthefueltankdecreases.Thefuelsender
isaninputtotheT oroElectronicController(TEC)andprovideinformationfor
theInfoCenterfuelgauge.Thefuelsenderisaslidingoatdesignwithasingle
wireharnessconnector.
Testing
1.MakesurekeyswitchisOFF .Removekeyfromkeyswitch.
2.Turnbattery−disconnectswitchtotheOFFposition.
3.Disconnectthefuelsenderfromthemachinewireharnessconnector.
4.Removescrewsandlockwashersthatsecurethefuelsendertothefueltank.
5.Carefullyremovefuelsenderandgasketfromthefueltank.Cleanallfuel
fromthesender.
6.Inspectsendergasketfordamageandreplaceifnecessary.
FULL POSITION
EMPTY POSITION
SLIDING FLOAT
SLIDING
FLOAT
SENDER
RANGE OF
OPERATION
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Figure252
7.Verifyfuelsenderoatisabletomovefreelythroughitsentirerangeof
operation(Figure252).
Note:Beforetakingsmallresistancereadingswithadigitalmultimeter,short
metertestleadstogether.Themeterwilldisplayasmallresistancevalue.
Thisinternalresistanceofthemeterandtestleadsshouldbesubtractedfrom
themeasuredvalueofthecomponent.
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