Fuel reserve indicator does not work..

petrolhead · Post by **petrolhead** » Sun Jul 27, 2003 8:10 pm

Hello, new to the forum although I had my VTR since new in 1998. I am a Norwegian, living in Norway so plase excuse my poor English.

I have a problem that my fuel reserve indicator stopped working. Having run out of petrol a couple of times before I understood what the problem was :-(( Anyway I have managed to locate the problem to a faulty fuel level swithch, the one inside the tank. My question is, does anybody know of a fix for this? Honda wants to sell me a complete unit, but I think it must be possible to replace the switch, if I only knew the part name (or a switch that would fit) and where I can buy it. Anyone out there who can help me? Thanks for any help...

Andrew · Post by **Andrew** » Thu Jul 31, 2003 12:39 pm

Even if you could get a new switch it would be bloddy difficult to replace the one in the tank. Remove the sponge pad from underneath the tank and check all the cables there are in good condition, my friend had this problem and found one of the cables had snapped, fixed it with some speaker cable and electrical tape ;-)

Failing that look on ebay for a cheap tank.

delmeekc · Post by **delmeekc** » Thu Jul 31, 2003 6:49 pm

you do NOT need a new tank, the sender unit will unbolt from the tank and then a new one can be bolted in it's place if it is the sender. In the dash the circuit board for the low fuel warning led it also available as a spare part. Take it (the bike) to a official honda dealer and they should be able to test it and tell you which part is faulty as they can be tested individually. I have a non standard dash (stepper tacho/speedo) and used an led and purchased the circuit board from honda so I still have a low fuel warning light and also may have a sender but test it first and it shouldn't be too expaensive to buy.

Del.

petrolhead · Post by **petrolhead** » Fri Aug 01, 2003 10:18 am

Thank you.

I have disabled the tank unit, (unscrewing the four bolts underneath the tank and then taken the unit out of the tank) and there are no faulty or broken cables. The problem is detected to be a faulty sender unit / detector. Hopefully I can find a replacement without having to buy the complete unit?

delmeekc · Post by **delmeekc** » Fri Aug 01, 2003 10:28 am

I'll check later and get back to you as I have a honda parts book for the VTR in the shed. I'll check what parts you can get and put the part numbers on too.

Del.

petrolhead · Post by **petrolhead** » Sat Aug 02, 2003 10:14 am

As I said I have been able to track it down to the switch / sender unit in the tank, and hereÂ´s a picture of the faulty little devil...

delmeekc · Post by **delmeekc** » Mon Aug 04, 2003 8:05 pm

you sorted it now then?

sorry I didn't get back to you with the part numbers but been well busy.

Del.

petrolhead · Post by **petrolhead** » Mon Aug 04, 2003 8:51 pm

No, I only found te faulty part.
Looking for a replacement of some sort. Hopefully our maintenance guys can find something I can use

Otherwise I have to buy the part from Honda, anyway I hope it isnÂ´t too expensive.

Andrew · Post by **Andrew** » Tue Aug 05, 2003 3:09 pm

Sorry wasnt aware you could remove the sender unit.

Still if youre going to buy an official honda part it will probably still work out cheaper to buy a second hand tank off ebay.

superchicken · Post by **superchicken** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 12:55 pm

Looks like I have the same problem. Did you end up replacing the sender unit? If so how much $ and where did you find it? Its hard for me to beleive that the part could cost more than $50 US. That is what I found a used tank on Ebay for. I know this is an old thread but hopefully someone will see this post and help me out. Please! I ran out of gas the other day and my wife had to come bring me some.

p.s. I think I broke it, leaving the choke on while riding.

Antwan

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Fuel reserve indicator does not work..

Fuel reserve indicator does not work..

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