2002 Journey DL 36GD

[rhigg1959]

My MH is on a Freightliner chassis. The fuel guage shows empty all the time. The sender is very difficult to access to test it. I pulled the dash apart and there is a plug that plugs into the guage. I unplugged it and tested the voltage in the plug. There are two hot wires with the ignition on. One has 4.6V and the other has 6.7V. I would assume this should be 12V. If anyone has experienced this before and came up with a fix, please let me know. I've googled and haven't found any help. I've read that most just fill up every 500 miles, but I would like the guage to work. I may just have to break down and take to a Freightliner dealer.

[Cooperhawk]

Sorry, can't help.

[ziaptrn]

A quick search found this: It would be a start, but requires getting at the fuel tank and sending unit down below instead of just at the dash. It's a start?

Hi, Welcome to Just Answer, I am Clayton. I can help you with this.

The fuel sending unit is fed by the instrument cluster, it supplies 12v to the fuel sending unit, and there is a signal return that feeds the instrument cluster.

Do this:

If a 100 ohm resistor is available, disconnect the
fuel level sender connector and place the resistor
across circuit 47 and ground in the wiring harness
connector to simulate the fuel level sending unit.
Turn the ignition to the run position and observe
the fuel gauge. If, after gauge initialization, the
gauge points very closely to the 1/2 tank mark,
then the wiring and ICU are all operating correctly.
If there is no problem with the wiring and ICU, Replace the sending unit

The 100 ohm resistor is replacing the sending unit, if the gauge reads just less than 1/2 a tank, the wiring is good and the sending unit is bad.

Check the sending unit with a volt meter set to ohms. linearly from 31±2 OHMS to 247±3OHMS

[rhigg1959]

Thank you. I will just have to get to the tank and sender to figure this out.

[KIX]

I have had this problem on a 2002 Winne UA on a Spartan chassis. I found the problem fix was the connections outside the tank on the sender. Mine was easy to get to YMMV