Hi All,

A few months ago my fuel gauge started misreading, I assumed the fuel sender unit was wrong. I tried to remove it but it wouldnt come out. I rattled and shook it and replaced it and it worked fine for a few weeks. Recently it failed and I tried to remove it again last night. Boy!!! I ended up having to break it up as it wouldnt come out, and when it was out a bit, wouldnt go back in to its proper seating position. When I had the top bit out, the tube bit fell to the tank bottom (nice rolling sound) and then I saw that from the tank roof, a sort of plastic sealing layer had fallen/collapsed and it was this that had prevented the sender unit from getting into its rightful place. The sealing layer took a lot of pressure to move, it was quite rigid.

Has anyone ever come across this before?? When I bought the car the previous owner had mentioned about a new fuel tank being fitted. I'm wondering was it a non original tank??

Any thoughts?? Thanks Gerard