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Circuit Description: Notes

The fuel tank on this vehicle is equipped with 2 fuel level sensors, one for each reservoir of the fuel tank. Fuel is transferred from the left side of the fuel tank to the right side of the fuel tank in order to ensure all of the usable fuel volume is available. The fuel pump supplies a small amount of pressurized fuel to the siphon jet pump through the fuel feed pipe. The pressurized fuel creates a venturi action inside the siphon jet pump. The venturi action causes the fuel to be drawn out of the left side of the fuel tank. Fuel is then transferred from the left side of fuel tank to the right side of fuel tank through the internal fuel transfer tube. This diagnostic tests for too large of a difference in fuel level between the left and right side of the fuel tank. The DTC sets if the control module determines that the right side fuel level is less than a predetermined amount of the left side fuel level.

The following table illustrates the difference between temperature, resistance, and voltage:

Fuel Level-Right or Left Sensor Fuel Level Sensor Resistance Fuel Level Sensor Voltage
Empty Low Low
Full High High