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Lynxman

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Registered: 2025-08-01

Posts: 6

Need to access the fuel gauge. What's the best way to get at it?

First time poster. Glad I found a forum that encompasses all these cars inone place so  I don't have to register in four different brand forums.

I have a 2009 Citroen Jumpy. My fuel gauge occasionally shows empty for a while before working again. The warning light doesn't come on while this happens so I think it's just the instrument that loses power and not the sender since the light does work on startup if I cycle the key to off and on. If it was the sender inthe tank it would probably light up the warning light.

Before I start removing things blindly; what's the best way to get access to the back of the instruments to check and clean the connectors? Can the top surround come off easily. I've had the whole bottom of the instrument panel off before to replace the shifter cables but never the top.

Lynxman

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Registered: 2025-08-01

Posts: 6

Re: Need to access the fuel gauge. What's the best way to get at it?

OMG that was way too easy. I pulled the front surround off towards the wheel and then just one screw held the instrument cluster in place.

OAT

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From: Borders/Dales

Registered: 2017-01-03

Posts: 1,007

Re: Need to access the fuel gauge. What's the best way to get at it?

Well done.  Wait until you need to get into the rest of the dash. 

Lynxman

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Registered: 2025-08-01

Posts: 6

Re: Need to access the fuel gauge. What's the best way to get at it?

Fault mode changed completely today. I reached 1100 km on one tank and the warning light came on while driving. The indicator was bottomed out already as the dial stopped working prior. Now after filling the warning light is still on. It's possible I now have a faulty sender too. Probably poor contact.

Lynxman

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Registered: 2025-08-01

Posts: 6

Re: Need to access the fuel gauge. What's the best way to get at it?

fixed it. It was a bodged joint unde the car that a previous owner did. Weird how it never triggered the empty tank warning light until now even though it showed empty tank. Maybe I had a contact issue in the instrument as well that got fixed when I cleaned it earlier. For two years it's been occasionally showing empty for a while without the light coming on, which led me to think the instrument didn't work. OBD2 data stream showed fuel in the tank too.

Last edited by Lynxman (2025-08-03 15:52:39)

kenbw2

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From: Preston

Registered: 2017-11-26

Posts: 1,582

Re: Need to access the fuel gauge. What's the best way to get at it?

I have the opposite problem - it conks out at just under quarter of a tank. Replaced the sender unit in the tank and no change. I think someone's bent the bottom of the tank

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Lynxman

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Registered: 2025-08-01

Posts: 6

Re: Need to access the fuel gauge. What's the best way to get at it?

My tank is plastic so it would probably crack open if someone grounded the car on the tank.