So following Horst's advice, I dug into the boot tonight, and this is what I discovered! Surprise that it had worked fine for so long!
After cleaning the surface, the following three connections are found:
- black: grounding
- green: connected to the white spot sensor
- yellow: connected to the red spot sensor
Trying to clean the connections, of course the grounding connection broke off, while the red spot sensor connection is quite loose[
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So there is number of questions coming up:
- the metal top plate looks like quite corroded and I guess I better have it replaced complete with the sensors, or is it one sensor with an input line (red spot) and output line (white spot)
---> I assume the plate and sensor connections and the actual lever type sensor underneath are one part - where to source such sensor
- meanwhile, if I fully isolate the three lines, can I drive safely without the grounding to this plate[?], in other words: is this grounding connection only grounding the sensor or does it have another safety function to ground the aluminium tank[?] I assume it is only grounding the sensor. Can anyone confirm this?
At least meanwhile I could continue using the Mk IV, calculating miles to the next fuel stop in the absence of the gauge.
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