Fuel Sender Unit Help Please

[GTIAndy 0]

Hi the fuel level sender in my 1986 1,6 GTI has stopped working I am looking at one on ebay

 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/peugeot-205-1-9-1900...=item1c15f9cbf9

 

my question is, is the 1.9 unit the same as the one fitted in my 1.6? any advice greatly appreciated

[DamirGTI 344]

Yes they're the same

And this one @ the ebay link is the correct type for your car (being Ph1 .. needs Ph1 sender ..) ... as the senders are different Ph1 vs Ph2 , and so are the fuel tanks .. still , Ph2 sender fits inside Ph1 tank (or vice versa) but the reading on the fuel gauge will be incorrect ..

 

Damir

Edited October 6, 2010 by DamirGTI

[shaundean 0]

Any idea which sender would be needed for a 1988 Ph1.5?

 

Thanks

[GTIAndy 0]

Thanks for the help Damir

 

Yes they're the same

And this one @ the ebay link is the correct type for your car (being Ph1 .. needs Ph1 sender ..) ... as the senders are different Ph1 vs Ph2 , and so are the fuel tanks .. still , Ph2 sender fits inside Ph1 tank (or vice versa) but the reading on the fuel gauge will be incorrect ..

 

Damir

[DamirGTI 344]

Any idea which sender would be needed for a 1988 Ph1.5?

 

Thanks

 

The later one , so Ph2 type ... can spot the difference in between the two by colour and shape (Ph1 has silver body , sharp edge end with black plastic ring on the bottom ... Ph2 is kinda light tan/brownish body ((coloured because of the fuel i suppose , they where silver as new , but used ones are all brownish .. while Ph1 stays silver even if it's used item .. dunno why ?!?)) , round edge end without the black plastic ring ..)

 

This one is a Ph1.5/2 sender :

 

.. just to note , base model senders will do as well .. they're the same 205 or 309 no matter , just needs to be right Ph type ..

 

Damir

Edited October 7, 2010 by DamirGTI

[klarky 2]

Cheers, I needed to know this too, was reading up on phase differences last night as my fuel sender has stopped working, I suspected my car was a 1.5 and the forum posts confirmed it, so off to hunt down a ph2 fuel sender

[GTIAndy 0]

Thanks again have now put my bid in

[arwel 43 2 Cars]

Ahh.. I have a phase 1.5 and my sender unit is silver. That may explain why my gauge likes to have a dance once fuel goes under the 3/4 marker. Thought it was a dodgy earth originally but that didnt do anything once I cleaned it so took it out to investigate and it doesnt look like the one above. I'll have to have a look for another one.

Edited October 8, 2010 by arwel

[DamirGTI 344]

Well , it's not a needle dancing issue , this is common for mostly all 205 cars ... fuel gauges are a bit "lively"

 

From what i've seen , if it has wrong type of sender fitted , the gauge reading will be incorrect i.e. it'll show higher (Ph2 sender in Ph1 car/tank) or lower reading (Ph1 sender in Ph2 tank/car) ..

 

I'm not 100% but most Ph1.5 cars have later type sender ... later Ph1.5 cars certainly do anyway , though the early ones might still have a Ph1 sender ..

 

Damir

[arwel 43 2 Cars]

Ah.. thanks for that. I think it'll be worth trying a different one anyway. Its one thing to be lively but its another when one minute you have half a tank then your nearly empty then a quater, back to empty and back to half again..