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aaronwilmoth80911
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 Posted - 09/28/2016 : 11:45:21 AM
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| We have a 2010 IC CE that the fuel gauge does not read correctly. Sending unit has been replaced, but to no avail. Anyone run into this before? I'm wondering if it is maybe in the instrument cluster itself. |
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JoeHEB1
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Posted - 09/28/2016 : 11:59:24 AM
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| Check the gauges with Diamond logic, gauge should point where you point. If you point it to half and it points to 1/4 then more than likely the gauge is bad. |
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aaronwilmoth80911
Top Member
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Posted - 09/28/2016 : 12:38:56 PM
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| We'll give it a try. Thanks! |
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g0ttadrift
Advanced Member
USA
258 Posts |
Posted - 09/28/2016 : 6:17:17 PM
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| We have about 10 07' International MaxForce FE buses and what we've come up with is the sending unit is too long and will catch on the baffles in the fuel tank. We've cut about 1.5-2" off the rod and we haven't had a problem since. They will usually read around half a tank when the driver calls in and says their bus shut off. (They don't like to admit when they run it out of fuel lol) This makes it nice because it usually takes around 10 gal of fuel to get an empty bus to start again. So if they ever do run the gauge on empty for awhile, it will have more in it then they think. (We don't tell them that though :D) |
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krmvcs
Advanced Member
362 Posts |
Posted - 09/29/2016 : 07:16:11 AM
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Originally posted by g0ttadrift
We have about 10 07' International MaxForce FE buses and what we've come up with is the sending unit is too long and will catch on the baffles in the fuel tank. We've cut about 1.5-2" off the rod and we haven't had a problem since. They will usually read around half a tank when the driver calls in and says their bus shut off. (They don't like to admit when they run it out of fuel lol) This makes it nice because it usually takes around 10 gal of fuel to get an empty bus to start again. So if they ever do run the gauge on empty for awhile, it will have more in it then they think. (We don't tell them that though :D)
when i first took over my operation i had a few drivers run out of fuel on several occasions. one told me that she new that she could drive her route all week and fill on friday. what she didnt know was that someone used her bus on a field trip, the bus died 200 yards away from school on the afternoon route, and she blamed the gauge. since then my policy has been that all buses will be fueled daily. whatever that gauge says is irrelevant if you know you have a full tank. |
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Ryan5r
Senior Member
USA
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Posted - 09/29/2016 : 09:26:00 AM
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Originally posted by krmvcs
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Originally posted by g0ttadrift
We have about 10 07' International MaxForce FE buses and what we've come up with is the sending unit is too long and will catch on the baffles in the fuel tank. We've cut about 1.5-2" off the rod and we haven't had a problem since. They will usually read around half a tank when the driver calls in and says their bus shut off. (They don't like to admit when they run it out of fuel lol) This makes it nice because it usually takes around 10 gal of fuel to get an empty bus to start again. So if they ever do run the gauge on empty for awhile, it will have more in it then they think. (We don't tell them that though :D)
when i first took over my operation i had a few drivers run out of fuel on several occasions. one told me that she new that she could drive her route all week and fill on friday. what she didnt know was that someone used her bus on a field trip, the bus died 200 yards away from school on the afternoon route, and she blamed the gauge. since then my policy has been that all buses will be fueled daily. whatever that gauge says is irrelevant if you know you have a full tank.
I take it you have a in-house fueling station? I can barely get my drivers to keep it above 1/2 tank. |
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krmvcs
Advanced Member
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Posted - 09/29/2016 : 09:39:29 AM
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aaronwilmoth80911
Top Member
538 Posts |
Posted - 09/29/2016 : 10:28:53 AM
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| Checked it out with DLB and gauge seems very slow to respond. Checked another bus as well, and it is also slow, but not nearly as slow. Other tech says if he taps on the front of the instrument cluster that the gauge will slowly go up. |
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JoeHEB1
Advanced Member
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Posted - 09/30/2016 : 04:13:01 AM
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Originally posted by aaronwilmoth80911
Checked it out with DLB and gauge seems very slow to respond. Checked another bus as well, and it is also slow, but not nearly as slow. Other tech says if he taps on the front of the instrument cluster that the gauge will slowly go up.
Swap out clusters with a known good one and see what it reads. Weird I've never had one do that. |
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eddo
Advanced Member
USA
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Posted - 09/30/2016 : 07:54:32 AM
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The fuel gauges will be slow to react- this is normal. It helps prevent the gauge from jumping all over the place as the fuel sloshes in the tank during driving.
Slow isn't necessarily bad- too slow could be though. |
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2010 IC fuel gauge issues
