Stuck On Full

[Bobby914]

My gas gauge is stuck on full with the key on...new sending unit or is it hung up. Gonna tear into it this week just looking for a heads up on where to go.

 

[fallenarch]

There was a legend once of a bottomless Busa that never needed refueling . ........

 

[Bobby914]

If it were only me

 

[Bobby914]

pump is good just gonna replace the level gauge...partzilla 114.00 bucks

 

[PADEROLIS]

If you ride it, it will move.

 

[Bus AZ]

Mine is not bottomless.....but with a full tank it won't move until 70 miles have gone by. Then it drops like a rock

 

[Jenny Busa]

My gauge was not working and my fi light kept coming on....we pulled the pump out of the tank and my fuel gauge assembly was stuck on the opposite side of the grove it is supposed to sit in. It was put back in the correct position and it works.

 

[nosbig]

Mine is not bottomless.....but with a full tank it won't move until 70 miles have gone by. Then it drops like a rock

Glad to hear that it's not just mine.

 

[Bobby914]

You are not alone Nosbig, lol. I should be getting the level in today or tomorrow hopefully and let you guys and gals know how it goes.

 

[plucka]

Mine is not bottomless.....but with a full tank it won't move until 70 miles have gone by. Then it drops like a rock

Mine does the same too.

 

[Bobby914]

Repaced the level guage and no luck still stuck on full. Damn shame to have a great mavhine and have to deal with trivial bull crap. Anybody got anymore ideas? If not I guess I will replace the whole sending unit as my OCD will noy let me deal with the guage not working properly. Lol. Come on Suzuki! Lol

 

[Mathewrussell52]

Have you checked the wiring and tested it at the unit and at connectors? Don't just throw parts at it.

 

[caspernz]

Start at the sender, check as per w/shop manual. Might be as simple as a stuck float.

 

[Bobby914]

Brand new float, and both the old and the new one moved very freely. I do some electrical checking.

 

[Bobby914]

Is there a possibility that the unit is in the wrong way or is it only one way to mount it?

 

[Bobby914]

update...installed the new float, and got nothing, so I said F it imma ride, filled it up with gas and rode a while and it started reading, can't explain it but for now its working.

 

[nosbig]

 

[Bailey9r]

I will remind you that PADEROLIS said very clearly "if you ride it it will move"

 

[Kiwi Rider]

You know, I've NEVER relied on fuel gauges on bikes, they always tell lies. Wildly inaccurate.
My tried and true method is to ALWAYS fill the tank to the top, then zero the trip meter and I know I will be needing gas at about 280kms, sometimes the fuel light comes on around 270kms but only if I've been nailing it. I have had 300kms before the fuel light comes on.
So, my No 1 trip meter is my fuel gauge, and No 2 trip meter is zeroed every time I lube my chain.
Simple, but it works perfectly.

 

[dadofthree]

Glad it's working