Had an idle and surgeing problem that I could not track down, in desperation took to "experts", eight hours and came back worse!, finally I found an intermittant short in a fuel cut off solenoid (Im no expert, so be patient) and also a vacuum leak that I only found by putting the hose under pressure. All is now well!! (The "experts " managed to twist the accelerator pump cup in the bore so that it was stuck, so that was stuffed, how it ran at all has me wondering..)

Don't you hate it when that happens? You pay good money and it comes back worse than when it went in.

It takes desperation for me to go to the "experts", once again, Iv'e lost faith. Two of 'em recon they tried to fix!. well, now Iv'e got that done and the new strutts in, my wife has kindly asked, well not kindly, if I would please fix the fuel gauge. Any advise on if the gas tank sensor , in the tank, can be bent, er; adjusted, mine goe to dead empty on full then up to half on half full then down to empty as normal. Have just cleaned the connections but before I pull the sensor out of the tank and cut a new gasket, thought I'd ask.. Many thanks..

I don't know what car you have, but there may be a sending unit on both sides of the drive shaft. You can pull them with ease. I don't know that cleaning will do much as it is in fuel all the time. Pull them and check them for resistance as you move the float. You may be able to find the bad contact section.

I don't know what car you have, but there may be a sending unit on both sides of the drive shaft. You can pull them with ease. I don't know that cleaning will do much as it is in fuel all the time. Pull them and check them for resistance as you move the float. You may be able to find the bad contact section.

thanks for that, it's an E82 '91 Wagon, the sender is found under a plate in the back cargo area. I am bewildered by electronics but I will try and check the resistance with my multi meter and see how I go. On my motor bike I fitted a resistor (I think) that is adjustable to correct a wild gas gauge, might ask the fellow if he can make one for the wagon..