gas gauge

[cali yaris]

Can someone do me a favor? I don't have my yaris with me today.

Unplug your ECU, turn on the ignition and see if the gas gauge still works?

I need to know if the gas gauge is run through the ECU or not.

Thank you in advance.

[ddongbap]

The ENGINE ecu? Or the one under the dash?

[Tamago]

Can someone do me a favor? I don't have my yaris with me today.

Unplug your ECU, turn on the ignition and see if the gas gauge still works?

I need to know if the gas gauge is run through the ECU or not.

Thank you in advance.

fuel senders are pretty easy to come by..

[cali yaris]

^ duh. Doesn't change that I want to know if it goes through the ECU or not.

The main ECU, in the engine bay. Thanks.

[Tamago]

^ duh. Doesn't change that I want to know if it goes through the ECU or not.

The main ECU, in the engine bay. Thanks.

wow calm down buddy.. ;) i'm just giving you hope in case it doesn't work out

btw i still have a crankshaft if you wanted to lighten/balance one :D

[cali yaris]

I'm always hopeful, thanks! I'd just rather avoid buying and installing another gauge unless i have to. I have a use for that spot :wink:

[at3GG]

if its relatively simple i can do it for you ..tomorrow lol if no one else does by then. Dark already and alas i have no spotlight or flashlight

[cali yaris]

cool, thank you, might save me some money and trouble if it works without the ECU

[at3GG]

how do you do it exactly?

[ddongbap]

ill do it right now brb

[KCALB SIRAY]

how do you do it exactly?

that just made me laugh after saying you'll do it :laugh:

[ddongbap]

Sonofabitch.

Okay, so I can get one side of the harness off. But the second harness won't let me clear the clip. I have to unbolt the ECU from the firewall to do this. I just don't have the tools right now.

My hood fell on my forehead. Luckily its a teeny hood. It just sucks cause it was a corner that hit me.

[ddongbap]

Ugh. Now its bruised pretty good.

Thats what I get for not using the hood prop.

[cali yaris]

I caused that! sorry.

um, did you try it with the part off that you could get off? god, that's crappy sentence structure... but did you? :smile:

[at3GG]

hey kcalb if you read my first post you would see that i wrote "if its relatively simple i can do it for you" so it makes me laugh that you'll insult someone for trying to help someone one when you cant even read the statement that was made in the first place.

[KCALB SIRAY]

hey kcalb if you read my first post you would see that i wrote "if its relatively simple i can do it for you" so it makes me laugh that you'll insult someone for trying to help someone one when you cant even read the statement that was made in the first place.

easy on the coffee bud, just made me chuckle, not looking to insult. No hard feelings. Take a look at the contest below and join in the "fun", keep on :thumbsup: I'm glad you were able to offer the assistance. It's people like you that make this forum great.

[ddongbap]

I caused that! sorry.

um, did you try it with the part off that you could get off? god, that's crappy sentence structure... but did you? :smile:
I gotta find an 8, or 10, or whatever that ecu bracket bolt size is.

Hopefully I'll be doing an oil change today. So i'll check it when I do that. Its been 13000 miles on conventional oil. Bleh.

Btw, it wasn't your fault i decided to be dumb. ahah.

[at3GG]

well i guess hes got a hand with it anyway....just missed his post saying how to do it til just now. Nah no hard feelings im just a grump today :thumbup:

[cali yaris]

kind of funny that now I'm home again, with my yaris, and still don't have an answer. LOL

[CTScott]

kind of funny that now I'm home again, with my yaris, and still don't have an answer. LOL

I'm about 90% sure that it will work with the ECU disconnected. In the EWD for the combination meter, the combination meter's CPU has a direct input from the fuel level sender (i.e. it doesn't pass through the ECU on its way to the gauge).