Pazzo Donating Members 11,132 Member For: 14y 1m Gender: Male Posted 07/07/11 06:49 AM Share Posted 07/07/11 06:49 AM just wanting to know how the readings are done, is it the fuel pump that's tell us how much petrol we have. distance to empty 34kms, but when filled up only got 55 ltrs in there so still 13ltrs left. so got aleast another 100ks to go. anyone know what to change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arm79 Donating Members 214 Member For: 15y 8m 27d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 07/07/11 07:37 AM Share Posted 07/07/11 07:37 AM Whether it be a BA, BF or FG, the problem seems to all be the same.There is a float in the tank that connects to a metal rod that connects to the sensor. Ford seem to install these sensors badly and the float arm gets a little bend in it. The bend makes the gauge display incorrect readings. A 10 to 17L difference is the norm.My BF had a constant 13L difference.Just a matter of running the tank low, removing the sensor and float arm and straightening the arm. Problem then fixed.All it takes is a 1 or 2mm bend and the thing is up the creek. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pazzo Donating Members 11,132 Member For: 14y 1m Gender: Male Posted 07/07/11 07:54 AM Author Share Posted 07/07/11 07:54 AM thanks mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brettenator Member 66 Member For: 13y 10m 20d Gender: Male Posted 08/07/11 03:35 AM Share Posted 08/07/11 03:35 AM Caused by incompetence during manufacture? I was fairly certain it would've been written into the ECU code and as sort of safety margin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Wiggum Moar Powar Babeh Lifetime Members 19,323 Member For: 19y 1m 30d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 08/07/11 04:31 AM Share Posted 08/07/11 04:31 AM Its a safety margin built into the system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wenier Donating Members 1,736 Member For: 14y 10m 4d Gender: Male Location: Christchurch, New Zealand Posted 08/07/11 05:05 AM Share Posted 08/07/11 05:05 AM The range is worked off of your average consumption. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arm79 Donating Members 214 Member For: 15y 8m 27d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 08/07/11 05:31 AM Share Posted 08/07/11 05:31 AM As far as everyone that has fixed it can see, its a problem with the float arms being bent. Its not a "safety net" built into the gauge display.A safety margin might be say 5 litres. Not the 10 to 17 that everyone else seems to be experiencing.Proof???FG:What the manual says it should look like:What a user on AFF removed from his tank:BF:In my BF I had Ford replace the sender 3 times, and still had inaccuracies of 10 to 15l. The manual states above not to bend the float arm. Mine was bent down by about 2mm according to my square at that 90 deg bend. Straightened it out, and now its litre perfect.A few FG owners have talked Ford into getting new senders. Another guy had a bent and twisted rod. New sender and float, now his FG is near litre perfect as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Wiggum Moar Powar Babeh Lifetime Members 19,323 Member For: 19y 1m 30d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 08/07/11 06:02 AM Share Posted 08/07/11 06:02 AM Sorry Arm, posted from my phone. Forgot the italics to portray the intended sarcasm........ Ford build quality strikes again IIRC the "reserve" is 5ltrs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arm79 Donating Members 214 Member For: 15y 8m 27d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 08/07/11 06:10 AM Share Posted 08/07/11 06:10 AM (edited) Ah my bad. Sarcasm accepted as intended. But I know now I fixed my float arm, I have no reserve. Empty is empty. There is a variance of 1lt at most. Edited 08/07/11 06:11 AM by arm79 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brettenator Member 66 Member For: 13y 10m 20d Gender: Male Posted 09/07/11 12:20 PM Share Posted 09/07/11 12:20 PM (edited) edit: dw Edited 09/07/11 12:21 PM by brettenator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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