Gas Gauge Reset
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Gas Gauge Reset
I removed the battery on my 2006 G35x AWD sedan and when I put the new battery in I realized the gas gauge spiked way past the normal level now it is stuck below the little stopper next to empty is there any way to reverse it or will I have to completely remove the cluster and do it manually? If anyone knows how to remove the gauge cluster or how much it costs at the dealership to have that done let me know ASAP thanks.
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If you don't see the zero stop, it's a very small piece of plastic sticking up off the gauge cluster at the bottom of the range, then the entire cluster will need to be replaced since it's physically damaged. Without a zero stop the needle will unwind itself, there's a spring in it to keep it zero'd when the stepper motor isn't engaging it.
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So as the tank empties does the needle move clockwise? Or as you fill the tank does it move clockwise?
I can't think of any reason outside of physical mechanical failure that it would cause the needle to spin around to the other side. A full tank measures very low resistance (3 ohms) even if you were to completely short out the wire against ground it would only move the needle slightly above the full mark. Empty is 80 ohms.
I don't think that a stepper motor could even generate enough momentum to spin the needle all the way around if it did go instantly from a high resistance reading to grounded short. The motor still takes time to wind up and it would have to exceed the rpm of the motor just to get it to spin around, then the return spring should zero the gauge back out again. That makes me think the return spring broke internally.
Just for curiosities sake have you put the combination meter into test mode and tried to see what happens?
Once it's in test mode you push and release the odometer button to make it do Things™. The gauges will only move to 25% value, the FSM is a little hazy about that part.
I can't think of any reason outside of physical mechanical failure that it would cause the needle to spin around to the other side. A full tank measures very low resistance (3 ohms) even if you were to completely short out the wire against ground it would only move the needle slightly above the full mark. Empty is 80 ohms.
I don't think that a stepper motor could even generate enough momentum to spin the needle all the way around if it did go instantly from a high resistance reading to grounded short. The motor still takes time to wind up and it would have to exceed the rpm of the motor just to get it to spin around, then the return spring should zero the gauge back out again. That makes me think the return spring broke internally.
Just for curiosities sake have you put the combination meter into test mode and tried to see what happens?
Once it's in test mode you push and release the odometer button to make it do Things™. The gauges will only move to 25% value, the FSM is a little hazy about that part.
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I used the self diagnostic mode and all the gauges move except the fuel one. It doesn’t move with the amount of gas in the tank it only moves when I turn the car on and off. When the car is off it is about 2 centimeters to the left of the zero stop, then when the car is on it moves and pushes right up to the zero stop and stays there.
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