You know i just noticed the other day that my low fuel light doesnt work....in fact i dont think that its been low enough but i let it get in the red and it doesnt come on...95' Taco 3.4 any sugg,be great thanks

 

I'm beginning to wonder if my light works also. My last fillup, the gauge was on E for awhile but I filled up with less than 15 gallons. I believe (?) that we have a 21 gallon tank so I think maybe this gauge is just biased. I am on E again, this time I am going to push it (maybe I should fillup a 5 gallon gas can on the way to work tomorrow just in case).

I have a 96 ext cab, 3.4L auto, 4wd, btw.

 

Wounder if it would have to do with the package..like sr5,lx is what mine is,but heck you think it would work right? lol

 

mine unfortantly comes on, reminds me that I'm broke and time to fill up. lol is it a bulb or a sensor? I noticed when mines on, its like on fumes.

 

Not the bulb on mine done checked it,do you know if it has a separate sensor some where

 

The fuel sending unit is a known issue on the 5VZFE powertrain/fuel monitoring system (mainly earlier versions). When I removed the stock fuel pump for the Walbro 190 pump, I looked for obvious signs of an issue and I noticed that the float arm moved a metal tab past a series of contacts. Some of the contacts were black. I could not get the black off, but I did make them a little better by using an eraser. The contacts that were black were in the same range I was (and still am) having issues with. My issue, by the way, is that the fuel gauge goes down extremely fast between F and 1/2 a tank, then slows down significantly. The low fuel light comes on when I have 4+ gallons left. Seems like you may have the opposite problem.

 

anybody know a fix for these? can u test it????

 

You can test it, but you have to drop the fuel tank to do so. If you're going to go through all that trouble, you might as well replace it (the FSU). I think you can measure the resistance of the contacts if memory serves me right. There might be a TSB out for this issue.

 

I thought the low fuel light was activated by that switch cylinder looking thins that sits on the arm with the wire coiled down to it.

 

You might be right about that. I guess I got a little sidetracked on the FSU fuel/gauge issue...but that's a good point. If you drop the tank you might be able to check the low fuel light part as well (I have no experience with that) as mentioned.

 

yea thanks i just figured might be something a little easier then droppin the tank,its my dd

 

mine dose the same thing. 2000 4runner

 

is their a way to adjusted/calibrated it,or something mine does have white face guages,bet thats why it does work...just maybe

 

is the float on the fsu dammaged?

 

dont know but wouldnt think so...

 

I think it is the little cylinder thing with the copper wire coiling down to it. Can't think of any other function that thing might have.

 

I have a 96 Taco and Im fairly certain that it does not have a fuel light at all, I will have to look into this.

 

That's correct. When the fuel level gets too low and looses contact with that cylinder that's what causes the light to go on.

 

95.5 taco here lol these trucks have a fuel light??

 

you all need new fuel sending units...they wear out and get coroded thus not reading right or at all. Some even give you a false reading on how much gas you have.