fuel sender??

nosnibor · Post by **nosnibor** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 11:52 am

I have a 406 90HDI estate. When the tank reaches about a quater and I next switch on the gauge suddenly indicates half full. Is this the sender playing up. Has anybody expereinced this?

Post by **steve_earwig** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 4:30 pm

Yes, similar things on numerous cars. On my first car (see my avatar) when the needle had got to zero and moved back up to a quarter full 3 times I knew it wasn't joking any more.

djmartin · Post by **djmartin** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 5:38 pm

hi where did you park the car if it was parked on a hill or anywhere that is not level it will do this
martin

Badger · Post by **Badger** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 10:35 pm

I get it all the time on mine, once I've hit 3/4 tank for the 3rd time I know, I need to fill up within 30miles.
Unless I've done a few motorway miles, then I can gamble for the 4th needle jump.
I've even manaed to get the needle to bounce from 3/4 to empty then back to full and the orange light just goes crazy

Can be great fun playing garage roulette

nosnibor · Post by **nosnibor** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 5:19 pm

[sub] Have any of you tried a new tank sender? It seems its a common problem. I priced a new sender but they wanted £71 !! But I'm loath to do it if it doesn't cure the problem and is a design fault.

The car is parked on a slope during the night - but it didn't cause a problem during the first few tank fulls of diesel.

Post by **steve_earwig** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 5:40 pm

My dad once took a sender out, then noticed a load of rust and rubbish around the hole in the tank so he got his hoover going on it. Luckily, it was only the hoover that exploded.