Corsa Petrol Gauge

[samz90]

Why Won't the petrol gauge work on my corsa? I've put �18 in and the needle is still on Empty. Its an R reg 1997.

Any Ideas?
Thanx.

[almcd007]

could be the sender unit in the tank - usually got at by lifting the back seats somehow. It could be a switch inside or a cable loose. Prob not your actual guage so - dont go taking it to bits just yet.

[samz90]

Ok, so what do I do to the sender?

[Birt]

You would need to check the resistance on this. With a multimeter the resistance betwen the 2 contacts should change when you move the float up and down.

[almcd007]

It's not really a DIY job - you can get pretty fumed up !! Invest in a Haynes manual it will have all the details in there.

[gabrielle200]

i have a 1997 r-reg corsa, and when i fill up �40 the max, for about 3 days afterwards it still says there is �40 in it, then after that it will just drop down to empty. i asked the garage about it and he just said it happens alot with corsas, dodgy needle gage. you just have to gage when u think it may run out, by how many miles you have done.