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2008 jaguar s series gas gage quit working

Engine outline in orange on dash display. Filled car with gas and parked on a steep facing upwards for a few minutes. When I returned and turned car on gas gage did not work. Needle goes all the way right past full and doesnt move. How expensive and how difficult to fix?

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Probably not all that difficult to fix it you have patience. The needle going way past full is an indication of a short before the sender unit or in the sender unit. Pull the power wire from the sender unit and see what the gauge does. IT should stay on the empty mark. IT may be just a fuel sender unit .

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