Oil Tank Sensor Not Working

I have an oil tank with a sensor systems watchman level monitor.

Oil tank sensor not working. If the oil level sensor is working correctly it will trigger the oil light to come on your car truck or suv when the oil level is low. As the manual says it s not receiving and may be the. Apollo smart heating oil tank level gauge energy monitor meter watchman sonic 3 4 out of 5. This is according to the instructions the display going into listening mode i e no signal from the transmitter.

The apollo oil level sensors also seem to have reliability. I ve looked it up and this means there is a connection fault but i haven t a clue what i m meant to do to fix it. Under the sensor housing is a hole in the tank through which a black plastic tube goes down to near the bottom of the tank. If an incorrect level is being shown on your oil monitor then it s worth checking that you have measured the height of your sensor against the tank correctly.

A couple of day s ago the display went from 2 to r with a flashing light. It s also common for it to trigger the check engine light. It seems from reviews there is clearly a design fault with these allowing water in which causes the transmitter to stop working. It transmits the oil level to a display in the kitchen.

That s pretty much it. If your toilet is designed so that you cannot see into it you will have to find out the size of your rv s black holding tank from the literature that came with your rv and use a 5 gallon water jug to measure the amount going into the holding tank. It just says c and has a constantly flashing led. All was well for the last two years.

3 metres is the maximum height for the sensor from the base of the tank. It was working fine before getting filled up today. I ve just had some more heating oil delivered and now my tank monitor is not working. Working from top to bottom there s the copper tube which screws into the sensor housing dark green plastic cylinder which is screwed onto the tank.