Fuel sender
07-22-2018 | 10:58 AM
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Fuel sender
I just bought my first boat! It is a 1999 Fountain 27 Fever. I absolutely love this boat. It is remarkably perfect. Obviously as a boat it has a few projects but, one of the problems is the gas gauge is clearly wrong. I herd that the fuel senders are a common problem on these boats. I was wondering where I can find these units and if they are easy to replace or fix.
07-23-2018 | 01:27 PM
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From: Crane Hill, AL
I just bought my first boat! It is a 1999 Fountain 27 Fever. I absolutely love this boat. It is remarkably perfect. Obviously as a boat it has a few projects but, one of the problems is the gas gauge is clearly wrong. I herd that the fuel senders are a common problem on these boats. I was wondering where I can find these units and if they are easy to replace or fix.
08-20-2018 | 11:17 AM
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I bought mine from fountain for $157. It is an easy job but it’s a matter of putting a large wrench on it and where it is located. I recommend taking the bench seat off it makes things much easier. And run as much gas as you can out because the sender is at the back of the tank and with the bow pitched up all the gas flows to the back. With to much gas it will over flow out when you take the sender off.
08-20-2018 | 11:27 AM
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gas gauge is clearly wrong.
Check for 12V on the purple wire going to the gauge.
Insure it has a good ground
With key ON, ground the sensor terminal (pink wire) the gauge should read full.
Disconnect the pink wire and gauge should show empty
Reconnect the pink wire
If these check out, go to the tank sender and ground the pink, gauge should peg full
If all checked out then its the sender
The sender should be 33 (full) to 240 ohms (empty)
Get a sender which is 1 inch shorter then the tank is deep. Replaced mine with a VDO tube type
