Fuel sender gone bad

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davids

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Jun 20, 2007
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Hi everyone -- I've done a lot of searching & reading about bad fuel senders, but haven't found one that answers a specific question: On our 1988 C27 (hull #6480), we have a 20 gallon metal fuel tank on which the fuel level sender is partially blocked. As this tank is fiberglassed to the hull, with several hard-to-reach connections, removing this tank would prove to be substantially difficult, and then I'd have to devise a new way to resecure the tank. Has anyone else run into this problem and found a workaround? Presently, the gauge needle varies wildly and very quickly. I heard one person describe it as "freaked out". I disconnected the sender wires and put an analog multimeter on the sender connections, and sure enough, I get wildly fluctuating resistance readings, just sitting at dock, consistent with what the gauge shows on the engine instrument panel. (Next time I go out, I'll check the gauge, but I expect that is actually working fine.) My goal is simply to be able to look and see what the relative level of fuel in the tank is. (I know well enough not to estimate the distance we can travel based on the gauge.) Actually ... my goal is to have a working fuel gauge so a prospective future buyer doesn't demand price reduction because of the "freaked out" fuel gauge. I want a C42 :)
 
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Rodger

Fuel sender

West Marine has a replacemant electric fuel sending unit for $37. bucks. the screws look like they have bolt heads on them so you can get a wrench on them. If not the boat is not going to sink if you have to cut out some of glass. Cheers Rodger
 
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Tim Haibach

Fuel Sender Access

My 1985 C27 has a small portion of the glass removed with either a hacksaw or a dremel tool. It doesn't affect the use of the panel cover so no worries, cut away! I'm sure the next owner will appreciate your efforts as I did when I bought my boat. Tim
 
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