petrol gauge
Posted: Mon May 28, 2007 2:05 pm
hi another problem with my 325i lol when driving you can see the fuel gauge needle flickering up and down any idea why it could be doing this thanks
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Re: petrol gauge
Posted: Mon May 28, 2007 2:19 pm
could be a bad earth.
Re: petrol gauge
Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 12:43 am
Tighten the small brass nut on the back of the instrument cluster.
Re: petrol gauge
Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2007 1:02 pm
any luck?
Re: petrol gauge
Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2007 1:58 pm
sorry to link on but i also have a prob with fuel gauge, it's the reserve light, it don't come on anymore, quite annoying when i ran out of fuel in dartford tunnel (a 2 lane tunnel) any suspect thing's, fuse's ect
Re: petrol gauge
Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2007 2:43 pm
Erm... The bulb ?J_Mac wrote:sorry to link on but i also have a prob with fuel gauge, it's the reserve light, it don't come on anymore, quite annoying when i ran out of fuel in dartford tunnel (a 2 lane tunnel) any suspect thing's, fuse's ect
Re: petrol gauge
Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2007 3:16 pm
yes, it's probably a bad earth. I undid my fuel gauge from the cluster and melted and reshaped the solder (and added a little more) where the nut tightens to form the earth. Did the trick for me.. 
Re: petrol gauge
Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2007 3:37 pm
ah so simple could be it, thx