Petrol light stopped working Options

[delusionz]

I was on my last 80 kms of gas when the fuel light turned off, at the time I thought it was just because I went up a little slope but it never went back on ever again, eventually I hit the end of the tank with the engine cutting out on half+ throttle before hitting a gas station.

I tried getting a new bulb for it, the fuel light bulb is hard to find, It's a 5mm wedge socket but the bulb is slightly fatter than a normal 5mm wedge and it's 3W not 1.5, Neither supercheap auto nor repco stock this part, luckily I found one in a Toyota Cynos at Pick-A-Part, I put it into my dash, still no fuel light.

I check my fuses, the only one that seems to have any relevance is labeled "Gauge" so I replace that with a one from a new blade fuse mix pack, still no fuel light.

What does this mean for me? It's been estimated to cost $300 just to get into the fuel tank if the signal sender needs to be replaced, Would it be worth upgrading my pump to a Walbro and adding a pressure regulator at the same time? Or is there anything else I should check? I stuck my multimeter prong into what seems to be the fuel light sender (either pin 6 or 7 of the long middle plug) and get no voltage.

[GriffGirl]

Have you filled the tank back up yet? Is the gauge itself working? Obviously if you've filled it back up the light won't come on, you'll have to wait until you're low again to see I suppose. If your gauge is working, that in itself rules out the sending unit in the gas tank. If your gauge isn't working either, well then I'd say it's quite possible the sending unit is failing. They don't usually fail though; sometimes they can come jostled loose if you drive over a bump very hard or get rear ended, but typically they're not a common weakness.

I believe that bulb type for that is just a 74; if you can't find that there (I can't imagine why you wouldn't though) you can find them very easily on line. The little bulbs are 74, the larger ones on the cluster are 194.

[delusionz]

Thanks, yes my gauge works, I can't afford a full tank at the moment lol I just put in $10 a day that does me 40kms, well within the fuel light range. I was told both the gauge and the light have separate senders.

[GriffGirl]

I'm not sure about that, I was under the impression that there's just one but I could be wrong. Sorry I can't be more help.