fuel gage quit!!

[Cornbread5577]

I was out riding and fishing today in my 2000 19ss extreme, and about 5 mins before I loaded the boat I turned the motor off for about a minute. I fired her back up and the fuel gage never started working again? What do I need to check first?

[DTS]

i have th same problem with my 21ss extreme the fuel gauge slowly stopped working but reads full all of the time, any opinions would be great? thanks

[Cornbread5577]

mine just up and quit all at once. I guess I'll just pull the gage out and check it first then go from there tracing wires.

[toddgot5fish]

a lot of the OMC boats had the sending unit wire routed on the front of the tank very close to the seat plate. mine fraid in to . splice it and re-routed , not a problem since ....oh , ...take the plate off behind your seats , you may be able to find the problem there instead of taking the seats out

[Cornbread5577]

DTS, I fixed mine today. I pulled the cover over the fuel tank on the back deck, then pulled the float out of the top of the tank. When I got the float out it had corrosion and a little rust on it. I honestly think the float was just stuck. I worked it for a few minutes by hand then tried to clean the corrosion from the wire terminals. I never pulled the entire unit out of the tank just the upper part. I put it back in, turned the key on and voila! Works like a champ now. Hope this helps you out on your 21ss!

[Cornbread5577]

My 19ss didn't have a plate behind the seat, I had to pull one of the back deck board over the tank.

[Cornbread5577]

ok, well it quit again! I need another upper half of the float, the sending unit I guess is what it's called. Where can I get one of these?

[DTS]

thanks for the info guys i think maybe you could get one from c and o marine me and my dad are prolly gonna replace all of the guages because we swithced to a merc and they dont work

[Cornbread5577]

are they a sponsor on bbc?