Correct Fuel Sender for 1967 beetle with VDO Cockpit gauge

Lateral Wolfsburg Wizard

480 posts · joined Sep 2011 · 13 Jul 2014, 12:01 pm

#995466

Hi guys

I have a problem with my fuel sender and after some diagnositic mucking around, it appears that the sender is not working correctly even though it is only about 12 months old.

The faulty unit is a "tube style" sender that I purchased from Classic Vee Dub about 12 month ago as the it was the same type that it was replacing.

To cut a long story short, I've tested it with an OHM meter and it reads inconsistently. (10 ohms full, 73 ohms empty). On the bench, I could get it to work 99% of the time but when I installed it with the OHM meter attached, it kept reading empty (73 ohms). I had a feeling that the float was not "floating" so pulled off the tube and installed the bare skeleton and the float didn't "float"!

Any, my question is, what is the correct sender unit, the "arm and float" or the tube type?

And I assume that the float arm (if the correct type is the "arm float") points to the rear of the car?

Thanks for your help.

Regards
Greg

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1303Steve Scirocco Rare

8,650 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 14 Jul 2014, 8:54 am

#995522

Hi Greg

I used a VDO gauge from CIP, its VW specific http://www2.cip1.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=VDO%2D301%2D020

I think the normal VDO gauges dont work properly with VW senders.

I fitted a VDO tube type sender to my bug with the above gauge and it works fine

Steve

Lateral Wolfsburg Wizard

480 posts · joined Sep 2011 · 14 Jul 2014, 9:22 am

#995524

Thanks mate

vwo60 Veteran Volks Folk

2,036 posts · joined Feb 2007 · 14 Jul 2014, 10:10 am

#995529

Get the part number from the gauge and go the vdo site and find the correct sender.

Lateral Wolfsburg Wizard

480 posts · joined Sep 2011 · 14 Jul 2014, 3:51 pm

#995553

Thanks mate

I have just order the genuine VDO Sender for the gauge and a new flange kit 👍