Hi there,

is it possible to replace fuel indicator gauge on Felicia instrument cluster?

As i see this indicators are sold separately, how difficult is it?

Edited 15 November, 20178 yr by djordjebg

Do you have access to a service manual for Felicia?

Another question:

how did you come to the conclusion that the fuel gauge is faulty and needs to be replaced?

@djordjebg - How did you reach the conclusion that the fault is in the gauge rather than the sender or the wiring? I've seen way more failures in the sender units than in gauges.

Thanks for answers, first of all this my friend's car.

Skoda Felicia 1.3 carburetor engine.

When he loads it with fuel, gauge is reading correctly to aprox. 1/2half of the tank. At that point gauge stops, so it reads 1/2 of tank for any given value of fuel.

He's been told that a problem is with a instrument cluster, not the sender in the tank.

So i wanted to help as i found this item new for few euros, and it would be nice to change just this part but not complete unit.

 

Anyhow, this isn't my car, just wanted to help my friend. Maybe they were wrong, for me it was logical to change sender from the tank.

Does this problem sound familiar to you, from your experience?

Edited 16 November, 20178 yr by djordjebg

@djordjebg - Well, that could be either sender or gauge. You'd need to apply a test meter to the terminals at various levels to determine for certain which it is.

 

I'd suggest that it's not worth a lot of effort though if the gauge reads correctly when the tank is less than half full.

That would be better but it shows incorrectly for lesser than aprox 1/2 and correctly above that. PRoblem is you never know how much left. Would be better if opposite.

There is nothing wrong with the fuel gauge. The circuit for measuring the fuel quantity is not simple like a variable resistance in series with an ampmeter (the fuel gauge). 

 

See this topic.