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New fuel guage problem

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I replaced the fuel sending units in the gas tank within the last 3-4 months. Now, all of a sudden--out of the blue, the fuel gauge reads about half of what's in the tank. Does anybody have any experience with this?
 
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There is already a post like this, what I wrote is:

I'll just add my bit.! I have had an issue with my fuel gauge and like others I managed to fix it and it has stayed away for over a year now. I simply bought a bottle of injection cleaner for £10, ( $20) and after a couples of days it started to behave better and was perfect by the end of the week.! I remember when the problem started as it was when I filled up from a Supermarket Petrol Station (eg, ASDA, Sainsburys , Tesco etc). I researched the net and found that some of these petrols have high levels of sulphur that can leave a film on the metal contacts inside the fuel sender unit. The better petrols like Shell, and BP, advertise LOW sulphur fuels in the UK and since my problem I have stayed away from cheap fuels and not had an occurance since !

My advice if you have already replaced the fuel sender unit and its gone again, have a look at the contacts and see. Make sure you use good quality fuel as well !
 
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