I concur with Jeff. You should have continuity between the sender post and ground with the engine off. Either the connection is really, really dirty or the sender is shot. Just went through this on the 560, turned out the sender was bad.

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'02 CLK320 Cabriolet - wifey's mid-life crisis

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