Fuel gauge misbehaving

No1Tiger · Jul 5th, 2022, 07:16

V70 SE d5 2006 , filled up the other morning , about 60 miles into the 120 mile trip the fuel gauge dropped to empty , all else seemed fine , got to destination, turned off ign , back on again and all well and working , was ok again yesterday , anyone else have this issue ? What was it ?
Thanks all
James

Joe Harding · Jul 5th, 2022, 08:26

We had an opposite problem with our first V70 - fuel gauge stayed half full then engine died due to fuel starvation. There are two floats, if I recall, one on each side of the saddleback fuel tank and the final reading is an average. If one goes AWOL you end up with an artificially high or low reading.

Try a bit of harsh braking to see if it dislodges the float.

hoj · Jul 10th, 2022, 15:34

Mine does exactly the same I just ignore it turning off and on again seems to work

No1Tiger · Jul 10th, 2022, 15:58

Thanks all, it hasn’t happened at all since and has done a couple of fill ups since

Jul 5th, 2022, 07:16	#1
No1Tiger V70 2.4 D5 SE Auto Last Online: May 15th, 2023 10:27 Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Coalville	Fuel gauge misbehaving V70 SE d5 2006 , filled up the other morning , about 60 miles into the 120 mile trip the fuel gauge dropped to empty , all else seemed fine , got to destination, turned off ign , back on again and all well and working , was ok again yesterday , anyone else have this issue ? What was it ? Thanks all James __________________ Vulva the Spruce Moose V70 2.4 D5 SE Auto in Barents Blue 252000 miles June 22

Jul 5th, 2022, 08:26	#2
Joe Harding Premier Member Last Online: Today 23:07 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Bristol	We had an opposite problem with our first V70 - fuel gauge stayed half full then engine died due to fuel starvation. There are two floats, if I recall, one on each side of the saddleback fuel tank and the final reading is an average. If one goes AWOL you end up with an artificially high or low reading. Try a bit of harsh braking to see if it dislodges the float. __________________ "The more people I meet the more I like my God."

Jul 10th, 2022, 15:58	#4
No1Tiger V70 2.4 D5 SE Auto Last Online: May 15th, 2023 10:27 Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Coalville	Thanks all, it hasn’t happened at all since and has done a couple of fill ups since __________________ Vulva the Spruce Moose V70 2.4 D5 SE Auto in Barents Blue 252000 miles June 22

Jul 10th, 2022, 15:34	#3
hoj Member Last Online: Today 21:18 Join Date: Jan 2021 Location: Bury	Mine does exactly the same I just ignore it turning off and on again seems to work

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