Thanks for responding! After pulling the dashtop off, I was able to see in
behind the cluster from outside the car looking through the windshield. It
was simply a loose plug! Problem solved!
"yaofeng" <yaofengchen DeleteThis @gmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> A Shortt wrote:
> > Recently the fuel gauge in my 9000CS (non turbo) quit. It has sprung
back to
> > life a couple of times, but fails to return once the car is restarted.
The
> > trip computer works fine which is how I've been gauging my tank. Any
ideas?
>
> There is a float attached to a piece of hard wire connected to the fuel
> pump. The fuel pump sits inside the fuel tank. As it swings up and
> down inside the tank in response to the fuel level, the wire rubs
> against a flat conducting surface. The change in electrical resistance
> gives you the fuel readout on the instrument cluster.
>
> It is very unlikely the float and the hardwire contraption got stuck
> inside the tank since you did not disturb it. But it could happen. Or
> it could be something electrical outside of the tank which is over my
> head.
> >> Stay informed about: fuel guage 
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