Ben R
Well Known Member
I am new to the forum and also a new RV owner. I bought a flying RV-6 and I'm having issues with the fuel gauge. Mine has a single gauge (Westach, I believe) with a switch for the left and right tanks. The right tank reads full all the time and the left reads about 3/4 full. My mechanic and I removed the right wing root fairing today and checked the ground wire from the sending unit. It seems to be fine. The gauge read empty when we removed it and full when we put it back on. We tried to ground to a different source with the same result. The plane has about 750 hrs TT so I assume the gauge worked at some time (I'm the third owner). The probes are the resistive type and I'm doubtful that both sending units are bad but I'm looking for advice from anyone that's had a similar problem. I have a fuel computer that shows the amount used and remaining but I really want to have an accurate fuel gauge as well.
Aside from that, I LOVE the plane and I'm still grinning after 3 weeks
! I'm also very impressed with the forum and all of the helpful information that it delivers! Thanks in advance...
Aside from that, I LOVE the plane and I'm still grinning after 3 weeks
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