fuel gauge issue

[Ol'Blue]

So my question is this. How do I get my gas gauge to work again guys it's stuck on full. Am I going to have to drop the whole fuel tank is it part of the sending unit is an electronic what do I need to do to fix it while I'm in Denver

 

[IBallEngineer]

So my question is this. How do I get my gas gauge to work again guys it's stuck on full. Am I going to have to drop the whole fuel tank is it part of the sending unit is an electronic what do I need to do to fix it while I'm in Denver

Not a whole lot to offer you, but here is a start. Under the back seat area! Don't have to drop the tank. Here is the FSM

http://tacoma.site40.net/4Runner_96-02_Repair&Wiring/techinfo.toyota.com/ileaf/02toyrm/02toypdf/02rmsour/2002/024runne/sf5vzfe/fuepum/ovi.pdf

And another

http://tacoma.site40.net/4Runner_96...2rmsour/2002/024runne/sf5vzfe/fuepum/remo.pdf

These are Fuel Pump related, but maybe [MENTION=10169]TheDurk[/MENTION] can give you more info on the sender. It's two wires, the sender varies the resistance to move the needle. You could probably simulate with a light. I'm not current on the fuel gauge though.

:shrug:

 

[IBallEngineer]

Forgot to add the Combination meter EWD, for 2002
http://tacoma.site40.net/4Runner_96-02_Repair&Wiring/techinfo.toyota.com/ileaf/ewdtmc2/ewdtmpdf/ewdsourc/2002/024runne/systemci/054cm.pdf

 

[TheDurk]

Not a whole lot to offer you, but here is a start. Under the back seat area! Don't have to drop the tank. Here is the FSM

http://tacoma.site40.net/4Runner_96-02_Repair&Wiring/techinfo.toyota.com/ileaf/02toyrm/02toypdf/02rmsour/2002/024runne/sf5vzfe/fuepum/ovi.pdf

And another

http://tacoma.site40.net/4Runner_96...2rmsour/2002/024runne/sf5vzfe/fuepum/remo.pdf

These are Fuel Pump related, but maybe [MENTION=10169]TheDurk[/MENTION] can give you more info on the sender. It's two wires, the sender varies the resistance to move the needle. You could probably simulate with a light. I'm not current on the fuel gauge though.

:shrug:

The only thing I can add is that the test protocol for the gauge and sender is shown starting on page BE-51 in the Combination Switch chapter of the FSM here:

http://tacoma.site40.net/4Runner_96-02_Repair&Wiring/techinfo.toyota.com/ileaf/02toyrm/02toypdf/02rmsour/2002/024runne/be/commet/insp.pdf

This will tell you if you have to fix the gauge or the sender.

Pin-outs will be different in other years, but if you don't tell us your year, all you get is 2002.

 

[Ol'Blue]

It's the 2001 SR5.

 

[TheDurk]

It's the 2001 SR5.

You're in luck. I've never seen an electrical difference between 2001 and 2002, so just go by what I and [MENTION=102597]IBallEngineer[/MENTION] have posted for you.

 

[technodrive]

the sender unit job isnt too difficult or expensive, hopefully you wont have to do the combination plate because theyve been discontinued and sold out for years. im still trying to find one

 

[Ol'Blue]

Well its a good thing I brought my kline volt meter and almost everything in my tool box.

So who wants to help put a pump in my Runner this weekend.

Blue

 

[JRZEE2000TR4LTD]

Well its a good thing I brought my kline volt meter and almost everything in my tool box.

So who wants to help put a pump in my Runner this weekend.

Blue

crickets.....

 

[Ol'Blue]

the sender unit job isnt too difficult or expensive, hopefully you wont have to do the combination plate because theyve been discontinued and sold out for years. Im still trying to find one

the what????

 

[DED&DED]

technodrive---Within the last week a Toy dealer in Northern Virginia indicated that he could the #3 plate for a 1999 SR5/v-6/manual/4WD. The last four digits were D251.

Mine will show full and drop to zero with the low fuel light blinking. The suction tube and sender have been replaced--no joy. I had the resistance checked at the board and it is as required on one side and out of limits on the other.

Could this be as simple as replacing the gauge? Or, is the problem in plate #3?

Any clues or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.