Oil Tank Sensor Not Working

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

Oil tank sensor not working.

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. 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. 3 metres is the maximum height for the sensor from the base of the tank.

It was working fine before getting filled up today. 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. A couple of day s ago the display went from 2 to r with a flashing light. I ve just had some more heating oil delivered and now my tank monitor is not working.

As the manual says it s not receiving and may be the. This is according to the instructions the display going into listening mode i e no signal from the transmitter. All was well for the last two years. Make sure that you are only measuring the internal depth of the tank.

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. 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. It seems from reviews there is clearly a design fault with these allowing water in which causes the transmitter to stop working. Fill the rv black tank up to just over one half full.

It s also common for it to trigger the check engine light. That s pretty much it. It just says c and has a constantly flashing led. Apollo smart heating oil tank level gauge energy monitor meter watchman sonic 3 4 out of 5.