Disco 300Tdi Fuel sender

Hi,

Discovery 300Tdi '96/'97 3 door. Suddenly the fuel gauge stopped working
and the empty light came on. The level meter sometimes appears to 're-fill'
itself, but the empty light stays on all the time. Very occasionally it all
seems to work for a while, but is not showing what I know to be the correct
level of fuel.

ISTR that there was a test for the sender to check whether it was faulty or
if the problem is elsewhere, but I can't find it, even with google.

Does anyone have any pointers to fix it? Do I simply need a new sender,
which I guess sis about £50 ish? Is it an easy job to do on the Disco, I've
done it on a S3?

Cheers.

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From Sunday 4573066585

On Sat, 3 Sep 2005 14:37:57 +0100, "Paul - xxx"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>Discovery 300Tdi '96/'97 3 door. Suddenly the fuel gauge stopped working
>and the empty light came on. The level meter sometimes appears to 're-fill'
>itself, but the empty light stays on all the time. Very occasionally it all
>seems to work for a while, but is not showing what I know to be the correct
>level of fuel.
>
>ISTR that there was a test for the sender to check whether it was faulty or
>if the problem is elsewhere, but I can't find it, even with google.
>
>Does anyone have any pointers to fix it? Do I simply need a new sender,
>which I guess sis about £50 ish? Is it an easy job to do on the Disco, I've
>done it on a S3?
>

I've had this problem with a V8 disco.
Take up the rear load space carpet, remove the cover plate and clean
the terminals you'll find underneath.

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