steve101
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Registered: 25th Oct 04
Location: Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
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My petrol gauge on my Corsa B is extremely inaccurate, and will move several bars when it feels like it. Im pretty sure its a bad earth, but does anyone have any idea if and how this can be fixed?
Its been annoying me for a while, so im desperate to fix it...
any tips?
Thanks!!!
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Smick
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Registered: 21st Sep 04
Location: Belfast
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If you are on a hill, facing downwards, the needle will move up quite a bit. The opposite if you are facing up a hill.
Could this explain it?
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Woody22
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Registered: 8th Aug 04
Location: Bradford
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my corsa also has this problem, when the petrol gets down to about half way, now and again it will drop down to the red and the light comes on, this is nothing to do with being on a hill, then after few minutes it will go back up to half again, its WIERD!!
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sim0ng
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Registered: 13th Sep 04
Location: Rodborough, Gloucestershire
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i got this prob... or a similar one, pissing e off for ages, turn the enigne on and takes about 10 minutes to go up, and when you put your foot down to overtake somebody, or just feel like going fast it does the oposite of the speedo and starts going down and then when ya actiualy start slowing down it goes back up again.
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Dragon_R34
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Registered: 18th Oct 04
Location: Greater London
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man i thought i was the only person with this problem!! but recently... its not doing 2 bad! but i never seen my petrol light! i wonder if the bulb is gone 
[Edited on 25-12-2004 by Dragon_R34]
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Lee 16v
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Registered: 25th Jun 04
Location: Maidstone Drives: Corsa 2.0 16v
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quote:
Originally posted by sim0ng
i got this prob... or a similar one, pissing e off for ages, turn the enigne on and takes about 10 minutes to go up, and when you put your foot down to overtake somebody, or just feel like going fast it does the oposite of the speedo and starts going down and then when ya actiualy start slowing down it goes back up again.
i got exactly that problem matey, think it must be a common fault... 
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Gazz
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Registered: 14th Mar 04
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Does all Corsas have the petrol light ? My needle moves up and down, under heavy braking, etc. Never seen my light come on before, thats why I am wondering if I have one. Car is a 1.4 LS.
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James_DT
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Registered: 9th Apr 04
Location: Cambridgeshire
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It's because the petrol moves around in the tank?
Some cars have something to stop such easy fluctuation. Some don't.
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AdiSRI
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Registered: 1st May 02
Location: Berkshire
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mine didnt use to do it, now it does, sometimes it doesnt work at all, i dont know what it is either....
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dantheman
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Registered: 8th Oct 03
Location: Alford, Lincolnshire
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i had this problem, easy to fix just lift the back seats up lift the fuel pump out and relocate it back in properly. it shud sit in 2 little things at the bottom of the tank, my pump was swingin about in the tank lol
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steve101
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Registered: 25th Oct 04
Location: Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
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any advice on how to do this? as in what needs to be disconnected etc... (i've got next to no fuel in the tank... so will that help?)
cheers
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Corsa^Dan
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Registered: 4th Dec 02
Location: Sleaford, Lincolnshire
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lift the back seat, and remove the black cover, under that is the fuel pump connectors, unplug um and plug um back in.. also check that the metal plate aint loose (ud proberly smell p[etrol if it wern tho)
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James_DT
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Registered: 9th Apr 04
Location: Cambridgeshire
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If that plate was loose, he'd be high by now.
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DJP
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Registered: 27th Oct 02
Location: Stoke on Trent
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sometimes they do wear out (the sender, that is) as did mine on my nova... if i went around a roundabout, i knew how much petrol i had... otherwise... it shouwed that i had none...
they're not too hard to replace... just a little dangerous... that's all!
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Corsa^Dan
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Registered: 4th Dec 02
Location: Sleaford, Lincolnshire
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nah it iant,
just use sence, DONT SMOKE! simple
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DJP
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Registered: 27th Oct 02
Location: Stoke on Trent
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innit...!
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leeshez
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Registered: 3rd May 01
Location: Great Harwood, Lancashire
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I think there must be a reserve tank mine goes up when the light comes on. Only once next time the light comes on i fill it up.
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