This might be DUMB, but can you tune a fuel gauge....LOL
08-23-2011, 09:50 PM
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This might be DUMB, but can you tune a fuel gauge....LOL Reason I ask is becuase I finally got around to wiring it up to the Ram with the Camaro cluster and the dodge fuel sender.
I noticed the sender wires to the computer, then the computer sends the signal to the clucter through the diagnostic wire..this single wire also runs the oil pressure, tach, and temp gauges...all in one wire.
Problem is the dodge sender operates at;
Full 10 ohms
Emty 65 ohms
Camaro cluster
Full 270 ohms
Emty 30 ohms
I added a 200ohm inline resister to make my gauge look like its full..LOL
Now at a full tank I have 3/4 cluster reading, as the tank starts to empty the gauge goes up to an indicated FULL, even though the tank is at 1/2 capacity
I think i'm going to ditch the 200ohm resister for a 150 ohm to make it read more in the middle and mainly to give me an idea of where the level is at even though it reads backwards.
I didn't know if hp tuners or any other tuning software got into the cluster readings for any reason..if so..AWESOME, if not, maybe I'll swap in a Nova tank or something
I noticed the sender wires to the computer, then the computer sends the signal to the clucter through the diagnostic wire..this single wire also runs the oil pressure, tach, and temp gauges...all in one wire.
Problem is the dodge sender operates at;
Full 10 ohms
Emty 65 ohms
Camaro cluster
Full 270 ohms
Emty 30 ohms
I added a 200ohm inline resister to make my gauge look like its full..LOL
Now at a full tank I have 3/4 cluster reading, as the tank starts to empty the gauge goes up to an indicated FULL, even though the tank is at 1/2 capacity
I think i'm going to ditch the 200ohm resister for a 150 ohm to make it read more in the middle and mainly to give me an idea of where the level is at even though it reads backwards.
I didn't know if hp tuners or any other tuning software got into the cluster readings for any reason..if so..AWESOME, if not, maybe I'll swap in a Nova tank or something
08-24-2011, 09:22 AM
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Reason I ask is becuase I finally got around to wiring it up to the Ram with the Camaro cluster and the dodge fuel sender.
I noticed the sender wires to the computer, then the computer sends the signal to the clucter through the diagnostic wire..this single wire also runs the oil pressure, tach, and temp gauges...all in one wire.
Problem is the dodge sender operates at;
Full 10 ohms
Emty 65 ohms
Camaro cluster
Full 270 ohms
Emty 30 ohms
I added a 200ohm inline resister to make my gauge look like its full..LOL
Now at a full tank I have 3/4 cluster reading, as the tank starts to empty the gauge goes up to an indicated FULL, even though the tank is at 1/2 capacity
I think i'm going to ditch the 200ohm resister for a 150 ohm to make it read more in the middle and mainly to give me an idea of where the level is at even though it reads backwards.
I didn't know if hp tuners or any other tuning software got into the cluster readings for any reason..if so..AWESOME, if not, maybe I'll swap in a Nova tank or something
I noticed the sender wires to the computer, then the computer sends the signal to the clucter through the diagnostic wire..this single wire also runs the oil pressure, tach, and temp gauges...all in one wire.
Problem is the dodge sender operates at;
Full 10 ohms
Emty 65 ohms
Camaro cluster
Full 270 ohms
Emty 30 ohms
I added a 200ohm inline resister to make my gauge look like its full..LOL
Now at a full tank I have 3/4 cluster reading, as the tank starts to empty the gauge goes up to an indicated FULL, even though the tank is at 1/2 capacity
I think i'm going to ditch the 200ohm resister for a 150 ohm to make it read more in the middle and mainly to give me an idea of where the level is at even though it reads backwards.
I didn't know if hp tuners or any other tuning software got into the cluster readings for any reason..if so..AWESOME, if not, maybe I'll swap in a Nova tank or something
08-26-2011, 03:04 AM
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it's a pretty simple fix honestly... you just have to invert the gauge output and adjust the sender volume table to get it reading correctly. From the factory fbody's are off even. I went to a gas station completely empty and put 1gal in at a time to calibrate the volume table and now my fuel gauge doesn't just fall straight to empty when it get's to half a tank like they do stock! When it reads 1/2 it's still got half a tank!
08-26-2011, 02:23 PM
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it's a pretty simple fix honestly... you just have to invert the gauge output and adjust the sender volume table to get it reading correctly. From the factory fbody's are off even. I went to a gas station completely empty and put 1gal in at a time to calibrate the volume table and now my fuel gauge doesn't just fall straight to empty when it get's to half a tank like they do stock! When it reads 1/2 it's still got half a tank!
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08-27-2011, 01:34 AM
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it's a pretty simple fix honestly... you just have to invert the gauge output and adjust the sender volume table to get it reading correctly. From the factory fbody's are off even. I went to a gas station completely empty and put 1gal in at a time to calibrate the volume table and now my fuel gauge doesn't just fall straight to empty when it get's to half a tank like they do stock! When it reads 1/2 it's still got half a tank!
