Polaris Multifunction?

Anybody have experience with the Fuel indication reading empty (light flashing) on a full tank? I swapped displays with another 98 boat, no joy, so I know it's not the display. Any ideas?

Yer fuel float done went and sunk. It'll float in water, so that test won't work. Get you another float.

The floats in most polaris fuel level sender units can actually crack the outer skin on the float, this allows the float to fill up with fuel and sink. The good news is that you can buy the float separately...

Bad sending unit float in the tank. You can just replace the float instead of the whole sending unit. Polaris' website addresses this issue and it happens to all brands of skis.

I have a similar problem, but from a different scenario.

Relocated my MFD to the choke/starter plate so I could install my UMI steering. All works fine, but my fuel indicator now reads 1 bar and keeps flashing red at me.

I am curious of a way to test, or what to troubleshoot.

Scott

: Anybody have experience with the Fuel indication reading : empty (light flashing) on a full tank? I swapped displays : with another 98 boat, no joy, so I know it's not the : display. Any ideas?

Scott, It's the float on your sending unit. I would double check the fuel level first and visually verify that you have more gas than the gauge reads before replacing the float.

Float? I thought this was a solid-state capacitance sending unit? I know in the pre97(?) boats it was a mechanical float sending unit, but whats to break in the later units. My 98's are hard wired direct from the sending unit to the electrical box too. It also appears to be a major pain to remove, or I'd already swapped it with the unit out of the other boat. There is obviously 1/2 a tank of fuel at least, however two different MFD's read one bar with the light flashing Any more ideas?

On a my friends 7895PRO, he pulled all the senders out (oil and gas) for race reasons. I didn't like the idea of the warning flashing and the gaue reading low, incase something was really wrong. Plus I like electronics and that kind of stuff kills me ( flashing lights for no reason) it's a distraction. Anyway, I put a resister across the sender wires in the ECM box ( I tried it outside the box first to see if it would work) and now his gages are full and no more warning lights. If I remeber, they were the non-float, resistance type. I used a potenometer first to dial it in, them hard wired it, with the same value resister. You could try this to mimic the sender when it's full and eleminate stuff upstrean if the readout then works. Sounds like an open cicruit, either bad sender or poor conection somewere.

Good luck, Matt Burkhard

Before you buy.

Trust us, that's the problem. The float contains a magnet, as the float moves up and down it trips magnetic switches attached to a circuit board. The float cracks, then sinks in the petrol.

Cut the wires, then resolder them, make sure to use some heat shrink.

Don't misread this to mean cut the wires and join them together. I meant cut the wires, replace the float, THEN solder them back together.

I might have a source for a brand new take off. I'll ask the guy what he wants for it. I need to know what model your ski is to make sure it will fit it.