S13 Fuel light issue, Everyones input needed.

[Corey121]

Mine has never came on but guess what.. when the needle gets to the E i got and get some fuel.

[Mishkin_707]

Well thank you bill nye, you've earned a gold star for effort

[Corey121]

Originally Posted by Mishkin_707

Well thank you bill nye, you've earned a gold star for effort

Nice i try lol



Its power by Liquid nitrogren

[Mishkin_707]

Originally Posted by Corey121

Nice i try lol



Its power by Liquid nitrogren

Likewise little guy

But seriously, like I said in my first post I'm doing this for the people who do care about this, it's mindless to some but for people like me the little mindless things are the things that are the most pain in the ass when it doesn't work

[lbogkush]

if key is on acc/on = if your fuel is low it will be lit if you have fuel it wont be lit at all

[Vatche]

Originally Posted by lbogkush

if key is on acc/on = if your fuel is low it will be lit if you have fuel it wont be lit at all

Doesnt sound correct because multiple people have the light always come on at acc but not when car is on
Acc is to show you bulbs work far as i know.

[KiLLeR2001]

Originally Posted by Vatche

Doesnt sound correct because multiple people have the light always come on at acc but not when car is on
Acc is to show you bulbs work far as i know.

Not how it works on my S13.



The picture above is what I see when its at ignition ON with running lights turned on to illuminate the cluster. If I turn it back to ACC the red bulbs in the bottom right corner turn off. With ACC on all I get is clock illumination and power to the radio.

[Vatche]

Yes that was a misunderstanding on my part. But i meant at the ON position the bulb should come on when car is off.

[lbogkush]

Originally Posted by Vatche

Doesnt sound correct because multiple people have the light always come on at acc but not when car is on
Acc is to show you bulbs work far as i know.

multiple people must not be checking idk

Originally Posted by Vatche

Yes that was a misunderstanding on my part. But i meant at the ON position the bulb should come on when car is off.

dont get mad young sir am not trying to be rude and was going to stay quiet on your quote on me but your wrong agian as killer2001 stated gas blub doesnt come on when car is key turned on acc/on NOT STARTED
only if gas fuel is low the gas light blub will come on lit showing you that u need gas right away since killer is analog mines is digital let clear this out

notice how car is on but NOT STARTED on both cluster because needle is on 0 (ZERO)


ill have a pic of gas light lit when am low on gas i know gas is already low but its not low enough LOL

[Vatche]

well. I have been trying to get to the bottom of this for awhile. I guess I have just been misinformed by people or looked at dashes on cars that had electrical problems.

My gas light in my digital cluster on my coupe never comes on anymore, even when I am at 16 gallons empty.

My new analog dohc 91 hatch is around the bottom dot and i fill up 11.3 gallons. I havent risked going below that on the hatch yet. Time to get risky and push its limits then.

Or I could just continue to get gas at normal intervals. I just wanted this fixed on my coupe because I have been on a mission to fix all the wrongs. Especially in my coupe since when I fill up it doesnt go past 3/4

[cotbu]

I'm with lbogkush & KiLLeR2001on this one.
And if your filling up with 11.3 gallons that's a quarter tank on my 93 dohc cluster
You got about 4~gallons to go before that light even thinks about coming on!

Anyway! These cars are pretty old, and not everyone electrical system is up to par.

[KiLLeR2001]

And if I remember correctly its a pale greenish color indicator, not red like the others. If you really wanted to get to the bottom of it you could take out the fuel pump assembly and make sure the floater mechanism is working properly. But most importantly you need to check the bulb contact surface with the cluster. Initially, when replacing my bulbs to LED some of them weren't making good contact so I cleaned them all up and made sure they worked before installing the cluster back into the car.

If your gas gauge works fine, as in its relatively accurate I would almost guarantee its either a bad bulb or a bad contact point with the bulb housing to cluster mating surface.

[lbogkush]

here it is with gas light on with key turned to acc/on not started needle is at 0 (ZERO)



NOW I REALLY NEED TO FILL HER UP

[KiLLeR2001]

^ lol nice. Your fuel pump is not going to be happy.

[lbogkush]

Originally Posted by KiLLeR2001

^ lol nice. Your fuel pump is not going to be happy.

part out coming soon LOL
btw nice led's on cluster

[Vatche]

yeah, i checked the cluster first, tried a second cluster, im pretty sure my issue has to do with the sending unit or floater