can anyone help. have a ford seirra 1989 car.the petrol gauge isn.t working.any idea. thanks

have a ford sirra car 1989. having trouble with petrol gauge not showing how much petrol in. any ideas please
If it has a trip on the mileometer use that, I stick £20 in every 130miles and not run out yet. BTW my fuel gauge has a mind of its own.:hihi:

My petrol gauge does work, but I have got into the habit of filling up when I have done about 150 miles. I just fill up to the top.

have a ford sirra car 1989. having trouble with petrol gauge not showing how much petrol in. any ideas please

Is it just on empty all the time or getting stuck at some point?

Sounds to me that you just fill it up, and then keep filling it before you've done enough miles to empty it, or take it to a garage. The float is inside the tank so not likely you can fix it your self.

Keep a can full in the boot ;)

can anyone help. have a ford seirra 1989 car.the petrol gauge isn.t working.any idea. thanksCheck the sender. (That's the name the motor industry gives to the fuel level transducer in the tank.) It could be stuck, or the wiring broken/shorted; i.e. it might not be the meter that's faulty. (My sender is accessible from inside the car under one of the seats above the fuel tank, but it's not a Ford Sierra! :))

can anyone help. have a ford seirra 1989 car.the petrol gauge isn.t working.any idea. thanks
Dodgy fuel gauges!! I had a vw beetle years ago that did'nt have one(just a reserve). So put a golf ball in the tank, Which knocked on the bottom of the tank when fuel low. Worked for me LOL

our y reg mondeo s faulty we can't go below a quarter of a tank

Dodgy fuel gauges!! I had a vw beetle years ago that did'nt have one(just a reserve). So put a golf ball in the tank, Which knocked on the bottom of the tank when fuel low. Worked for me LOL

Does that assume that golf balls float, if yours do can you tell me where you get them from because every time I put one in a pond it sinks never to be seen again:hihi:, I am not very good at golf as you can tell.

My classic Fords both have dodgy fuel gauges...you just learn to live with them....

Does that assume that golf balls float, if yours do can you tell me where you get them from because every time I put one in a pond it sinks never to be seen again:hihi:, I am not very good at golf as you can tell.Would'nt know Malky, just know it worked for me.
Perhaps its something to do with amount of fuel in tank, sloshes around more when nearly empty:hihi:
you sound as good at golf as me lol

Didn't know the Sierra was computerised....

Mods, are you sure you moved this to the right place? :D :D

Sierra Fuel gauges are notorious (as are most Fords of a similar age)....I changed them in all the Sierras i had, in the days when you could still buy them from a Ford dealer for £12!

thanks for all your advice. will probably do say 150 miles and put some petrol in and keep doing this.