I have just purchased a 2000 206 2.0 HDI It has a problem where the fuel level reading is too high. The computer in the car presumably does know the actual reading because it does put on the light saying out of fuel when it gets to that stage.. however the guage still at that point says between a quarter and half a tank is left (a lie). I know this to be a lie based on the amount of fuel it then takes to fill it. once it's full the guage goes way off the scale at the top.
So I am asking you experts out there if this is a known problem and how to solve it (and at what cost).. what causes it?
I may be able to fix this in the way I recalibrated the speedometer on a RAV4. I did this by removing the needle and putting it back on the pin at a different point. Managed to correct the speedometer which was 15 miles an hour out to be exact. Alternatively As the fuel guage is a volt meter I could add a potentiometer in series with it and then turn the pot screw until the fuel guage reading is correct.
any simpler solutions?
CHeers
James
So I am asking you experts out there if this is a known problem and how to solve it (and at what cost).. what causes it?
I may be able to fix this in the way I recalibrated the speedometer on a RAV4. I did this by removing the needle and putting it back on the pin at a different point. Managed to correct the speedometer which was 15 miles an hour out to be exact. Alternatively As the fuel guage is a volt meter I could add a potentiometer in series with it and then turn the pot screw until the fuel guage reading is correct.
any simpler solutions?
CHeers
James