vwynn

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ok i was wondering.. after your alternator dies... followed by the battery..

after getting fixed did anything else go down? reason why im asking is because.. after everything was finally fixed.. my gas needle stays on E.. even after a full take fill up..

can anyone help?

over40driv

You might check your owners manual to see if there is a seperate fuse for the gas gauge.

vwynn

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yea i was checking the massive manual.. still diggin haha

mitsuguy

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an alternator that puts out too much voltage can and will kill other circuits...

check the fuses, but if all are good, then there is a good chance thats the reason...

over40driv

I had received a sale flyer from a company that rebuilt ABS

over40driv

Sorry, accidentally hit the enter bar. I recently received a sales flyer from a company that rebuilds import ABS systems and gauge clusters, and they mentioned that the LS Lexus commonly had dead fuel gauges. Thepic. of the cluster looked just like ours.

O. L. T.

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The ls looks nothing like ours and is 120,000 volt cathode system, it's not even remotely close.

Gunnar

My gas gauge is dead, but it was that way when when I got the car and that was before I had any charging issues.

vwynn

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ok so i checked the fuse box in the engine bay.. all fuses look normal.. dunno where else to check tho..

CCC-TT

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i say pull your cluster out and look to see if anything looks burnt or out of place

vwynn

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i actually did pull out the cluster. n then removed then removed the gas meter needle with motor off the black dash.. didnt look burnt. i dont think its burnt..

vwynn

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ok so... been reading the manual... tried absorbing whatever i can.. kinda hard since im not that great reading diagrams n ish.. but yea..
ok so the book said to check the fuel sender thing... problem is.. thats in the gas tank soooooo.. imma have to check that later when the gas is really low.. n the problem wit that is.. iono when the gas is low sooooo.. when i reach 3xx ,miles.. its time to open her up.

on other news..



i found the fuses for the Gauges.. checked it.. looks fine think. also if u notice that red wire hanging loose.. what is that O_O?? since that was on the gauge fuse.. but i removed it since it looked wierd..

ALSO

WHAT THE F!!



IS THAT!

ive noticed.. when i bump the black box



That thing (see the clear box) beeps green.. n when i hit it.. it beeps red.

hah... hope its not a bomb.


edit.. sry for crappy pics.. had to use my phone + nightshot + Flashlight

ihiryu

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What about the fuel float in the tank??

edit:: NVM it seems we posted at the same time.

Maybe an alarm/motion detector for the car?

mitsuguy

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yup, thats a shock sensor for an aftermarket alarm... red wire - no clue- possibly an antenna for said alarm, but hard to say for sure... you don't have to get in the tank to check the sender - just get to it on the outside, unplug it, and check the resistance... you should notice it change resistance as you have different levels of gas in the tank....

vwynn

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ok i checked the resistence.. did the unplug.. n then checked # 2 n # 3 thing.. i guess what it reads.. 110. which means Empty

what else can i do?

i was going to test the needle motor.. but i dont have the 3.4 watt thing that the book describes.