# Car **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** volvo, 960\ **Created:** [August 27, 2010, 9:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car/54248 "2010-08-27T21:40:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![oboss213](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a88e4f/32.png) [@oboss213](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oboss213)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2010, 9:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car/54248/1 "2010-08-27T21:40:29Z")
volvo fuel gauge do not work ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2010, 9:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car/54248/2 "2010-08-27T21:44:49Z")
…and your question is…? ---
**Author:** ![oboss213](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a88e4f/32.png) [@oboss213](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oboss213)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2010, 10:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car/54248/3 "2010-08-27T22:13:24Z")
what is wrong with it ---
**Author:** ![oblivion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3ab097/32.png) [@oblivion](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oblivion)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2010, 10:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car/54248/4 "2010-08-27T22:25:41Z")
Electrons are cheap… you could be a little more descriptive if you tried. Usually it’s the in-tank sensor when these do not work. ---
**Author:** ![tardis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f0a364/32.png) [@tardis](https://community.cartalk.com/u/tardis)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2010, 10:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car/54248/5 "2010-08-27T22:27:39Z")
It’s broken. ---
**Author:** ![Bladecutter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@Bladecutter](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Bladecutter)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2010, 10:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car/54248/6 "2010-08-27T22:34:24Z")
If that’s your only problem, then you should feel lucky. 😉 BC. ---
**Author:** ![UncleTurbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e9a140/32.png) [@UncleTurbo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/UncleTurbo)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2010, 11:00pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car/54248/7 "2010-08-27T23:00:04Z")
If you want to fix it, figure $1,000+ dollars. That’s standard for a Volvo. I had a non working fuel guage in a Volvo V70XC '98 and it was estimated at over $1,200 for a fix. That Volvo had two fuel tanks and a pump that moved gas from one tank to the other. God knows how the fuel guage sender worked. I learned to use the trip meter and get gas every 300 mile around town and every 400 miles on an interstate trip. Never got it fixed. ---
**Author:** ![PvtPublic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/pvtpublic/32/13089_2.png) [@PvtPublic](https://community.cartalk.com/u/PvtPublic)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2010, 11:11am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car/54248/8 "2010-08-28T11:11:01Z")
Sorry, but if you have a Volvo you will have bigger problems than a fuel gauge. ---
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2010, 12:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car/54248/9 "2010-08-28T12:14:32Z")
Two possibilities: 1. broken gage 2. broken sender (see Oblivion’s post). Alternative troubleshooting protocols 1. check sender output 2. check signal at gage 3. test gage with simulated signal ---
**Author:** ![shadowfax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/shadowfax/32/13026_2.png) [@shadowfax](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shadowfax)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2010, 1:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car/54248/10 "2010-08-28T13:04:51Z")
Concur.