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Faulty Fuel Sender


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Hi all

My 2008 FG turbo ute has a faulty fuel sender. Ford want to sting me $790 to replace it. Found the part on eBay for $120. :ermm: Anyone had any experience in replacing these and are they hard to do? 

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sounds like ford wanted to remove and then refit a whole tank :stirthepot:

 

For sedan: There a connection in the fuel module just underneath the rear passenger seat on the left-hand side to a float arm. If the float arm is the problem, then you will likely need to remove the tank to fix it. If the electrical sender bit connected to the float arm is the issue then it's just a matter of replacing that bit and refitting the fuel module.

 

For ute: you do have to remove the tank from the car to install it, so the price from Ford probably included quite a few hours of labour.

 

EDIT: didn't realise it was a ute...

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Yup sounds like it's a bit too much to do at home or test the patience of the husband:wild:... worth the $780 to not have to deal with that tantrum haha. Thanks guys, appreciate the quick responses!

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I can have an FG ute tank out, pump swop ( inc sender ) and back in all in around 30min 

 

FG is easy !!

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Nope 

 

Drop the whole tank down from below, never ever lifted a tub or cut a hole 

 

up on the hoist and a few support brackets and out she comes ;) 

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The ute tank is held up by only Two big support straps that go all the way around the tank with 15mm bold heads fasteners 

 

on the FG the fuel filler is shorter and fixed to the tank and the top connections are left in place but disconnected by the 90* lower push fittings 

 

comes out like a glove 

 

the B series is a touch longer process with needing to slide the diff back 150mm but that's only a tailshaft and 8 "U" bracket bolts on the leafs ;) 

 

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