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AlisterC



Member Since: 25 Apr 2012
Location: Somerset
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Wales 2011 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 XS CSW Indus Silver
Slow Fuel Guage
Hello folks

Hoping someone can help me. Tried a search with no luck.

2011 Puma 2.4

Topped up my tank from 3/4 full. When I turned on the ignition, the guage was still at 3/4 full.

Drove for 1/2 an hour, and it very slowly moved to full. Then stuck at full for ages, and very slowly moved down as I was driving ( probably took an hour)

Best way to describe it is it looks like its working, but in very slow motion

Any ideas what’s wrong please?

Many thanks for any ideas
Post #783574 28th Jul 2019 8:31am
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chek



Member Since: 17 Sep 2015
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Switzerland 2016 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 SW Havana
Same here, since new. I take it as normal. It's a Defender.
Post #783610 28th Jul 2019 1:54pm
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shropshiredefender



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England 2011 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 USW Santorini Black
Yes mine does that too - 2011 model 110 USW.
Normal for a correct shape Land Rover (since 1948) Rolling with laughter
Post #783614 28th Jul 2019 2:19pm
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dgardel



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Post #783626 28th Jul 2019 3:33pm
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AlisterC



Member Since: 25 Apr 2012
Location: Somerset
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Wales 2011 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 XS CSW Indus Silver
Thanks for the responses

I’ve owned the vehicle for over 7 years, and its been working perfectly!

Think of all the time wasted when I could have had this feature all that time

On a aserious note - does the fuel guage read accurately like this?... I have a feeling it’s reading too high compared to how it used to

Is there a fix?

Dgardel - I wonder if my misses was refilling it through the back window as we were driving along Wink
Post #783630 28th Jul 2019 3:49pm
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MMR1988



Member Since: 29 Oct 2016
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Germany 2008 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 SW Alaska White
The fuel gauge is progressive. Mine shows full for the first 150 km and went down faster and faster, The last quarter is then only for a little bit more than 100 km, whereas the other ones are for 150+ km.

And yes, I have to drive some minutes before the gauge went to full after the filling is finished.
Post #783658 28th Jul 2019 7:01pm
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HardCharger



Member Since: 03 Mar 2013
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Philippines 2011 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 SW Stornoway Grey
That's normal, it happens every now and then.
Post #783706 29th Jul 2019 1:53am
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blackwolf



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United Kingdom 2007 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 DCPU Stornoway Grey
When I first bought my Puma if I filled the tank I could drive for approx 100 miles before the gauge moved at all, then it would drop increasing quickly over the remaining 300 miles or so from that tankful. It was very logarithmic in its behaviour.

Interestingly after I fitted a new sender unit last year (the old one split and leaked) the gauge is now perfectly linear and drops at a constant rate proportional to the fuel used, roughly 1/4 tank every 100 miles, which is about right.
Post #783730 29th Jul 2019 7:39am
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AlisterC



Member Since: 25 Apr 2012
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Wales 2011 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 XS CSW Indus Silver
THanks for all the input folks

Blackwolf - I was wondering if it could be a sender issue, seeing as it had been working perfectly normally all this time, and then starts doing this

I will run it for a few miles and see how it behaves and then take a decision

Many thanks again all, really appreciated
Post #783732 29th Jul 2019 7:46am
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HardCharger



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Philippines 2011 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 SW Stornoway Grey
blackwolf wrote:
When I first bought my Puma if I filled the tank I could drive for approx 100 miles before the gauge moved at all, then it would drop increasing quickly over the remaining 300 miles or so from that tankful. It was very logarithmic in its behaviour.

Interestingly after I fitted a new sender unit last year (the old one split and leaked) the gauge is now perfectly linear and drops at a constant rate proportional to the fuel used, roughly 1/4 tank every 100 miles, which is about right.


Sound like I need a new sender myself then. It was working linear before it drowned now it is not.
Post #783760 29th Jul 2019 10:48am
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Mongolia



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Don't change your sender. May be same problem after changing.
Post #807939 29th Dec 2019 10:48am
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AlisterC



Member Since: 25 Apr 2012
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Wales 2011 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 XS CSW Indus Silver
Hi

Thanks for this

It ended up only happening once.

When I refilled the tank again all went back to normal

I hope everyone has a wonderful, healthy and peaceful 2020
Post #807945 29th Dec 2019 11:53am
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