Fuel gauge resistance

[Keefyboy]

Hi I have an aftermarket fuel tank and it uses a VDO type sender, my question is would anyone know the specs on resistance in ohms that the original sender would put out? Any info would be much appreciated, many thanks in advance
Keith

[DB RX63]

I struggled to find the answer to this one, but Car Builder Solutions do a converter that might help:

http://www.carbuildersolutions.com/uk/m ... ge-matcher

[codge]

Hi I have an aftermarket fuel tank and it uses a VDO type sender, my question is would anyone know the specs on resistance in ohms that the original sender would put out? Any info would be much appreciated, many thanks in advance
Keith

Combining data & tolerance from Works Manual for Series 1 and Haynes Manual for Series 2 both say the same:....
Resistance at 'Full' 3 ohms (tolerance +2 -3 ohms)
Resistance at 'Empty' 110 ohms (tolerance +11 -7 ohms)

That explains why gauges fail to 'Empty'......somethings gone open circuit.
Hope that helps.

[Keefyboy]

Hi I have an aftermarket fuel tank and it uses a VDO type sender, my question is would anyone know the specs on resistance in ohms that the original sender would put out? Any info would be much appreciated, many thanks in advance
Keith

Combining data & tolerance from Works Manual for Series 1 and Haynes Manual for Series 2 both say the same:....
Resistance at 'Full' 3 ohms (tolerance +2 -3 ohms)
Resistance at 'Empty' 110 ohms (tolerance +11 -7 ohms)

That explains why gauges fail to 'Empty'......somethings gone open circuit.
Hope that helps.

That really does help mate, thank you very much, I appreciate you taking the time to look into this, cheers codge