As the title suggests, The fuel gauge in my L3560 seems to be staying on full.
I say "seems" because I drove her to my shop (almost 9 miles from our farm) for a service a few weeks ago. She ate about a quarter of a tank. Hit up the gas station right next to the shop before heading home and filled her to the brim (which i never do). Usually, once it hits E, i'll put 10 gallons in her and it will come up to full......however "full" that actually is I do not know. I think its a 14 gallon tank either way.
Anyways, drove home, parked her- still on full.
Couple of weeks ago ended up helping the neighbor push some limbs for about 20 or 30 minutes, finished up- still on full
Last week, cut about 3 or 4 acres around our blueberries....maybe 45 mins or so- still on full
Then yesterday, had my youngin knock the top off our back 40 one last time. He text me (I have him check fluids and fuel before he uses anything on the farm) "Dad, tractors good and full of fuel." Then I said, "dammit". lol
So I reckon, somethings up.
The gauge sweeps when the key is cycled, however it goes right to full. Almost too full.....as in, open circuited kind of full lol.
If, and big IF, this was in the automotive world, this would be nothing more than a basic variable resistor. And generally speaking, if a signal wire goes open, the ciruit would read high (a high ohms reading, 100,, 200ohms etc...), resulting in a low reading on the gauge. Or if the ground side goes open (although it too is opening the signal circuit) this is commonly interpreted through instrument cluster circuitry as a low ohm reading, resulting in the gauge reading full. Or possibly in this case, swinging the needle its maximum range just above full.
So short story long, am i right in thinking - low ohms= full tank, high ohms= empty tank.
I did hit some pretty violent bumps coming home and maybe could've damaged the float.
But being the gauge still sweeps when the key is cycled (unless that's just basic logic for the cluster) ALMOST rules out power or ground issues.
Also, seeing that the top of the sending unit is about 1.5 inches from the bottom of the cab, i'm scared to ask what the r&r is. Tank comes out or cab comes up? I'm ready for either lol.
Any tips, tricks, or suggestions from my fellow kubota brethren is greatly appreciated.
Brandon
I say "seems" because I drove her to my shop (almost 9 miles from our farm) for a service a few weeks ago. She ate about a quarter of a tank. Hit up the gas station right next to the shop before heading home and filled her to the brim (which i never do). Usually, once it hits E, i'll put 10 gallons in her and it will come up to full......however "full" that actually is I do not know. I think its a 14 gallon tank either way.
Anyways, drove home, parked her- still on full.
Couple of weeks ago ended up helping the neighbor push some limbs for about 20 or 30 minutes, finished up- still on full
Last week, cut about 3 or 4 acres around our blueberries....maybe 45 mins or so- still on full
Then yesterday, had my youngin knock the top off our back 40 one last time. He text me (I have him check fluids and fuel before he uses anything on the farm) "Dad, tractors good and full of fuel." Then I said, "dammit". lol
So I reckon, somethings up.
The gauge sweeps when the key is cycled, however it goes right to full. Almost too full.....as in, open circuited kind of full lol.
If, and big IF, this was in the automotive world, this would be nothing more than a basic variable resistor. And generally speaking, if a signal wire goes open, the ciruit would read high (a high ohms reading, 100,, 200ohms etc...), resulting in a low reading on the gauge. Or if the ground side goes open (although it too is opening the signal circuit) this is commonly interpreted through instrument cluster circuitry as a low ohm reading, resulting in the gauge reading full. Or possibly in this case, swinging the needle its maximum range just above full.
So short story long, am i right in thinking - low ohms= full tank, high ohms= empty tank.
I did hit some pretty violent bumps coming home and maybe could've damaged the float.
But being the gauge still sweeps when the key is cycled (unless that's just basic logic for the cluster) ALMOST rules out power or ground issues.
Also, seeing that the top of the sending unit is about 1.5 inches from the bottom of the cab, i'm scared to ask what the r&r is. Tank comes out or cab comes up? I'm ready for either lol.
Any tips, tricks, or suggestions from my fellow kubota brethren is greatly appreciated.
Brandon
