Frisky Fuel Gauge?

[Tiny Tim]

The fuel gauge on my 2.1TD seems to have a little life of its own... im not talking waving about madly, but on my daily commute (Only 20 odd miles) it seems to change position by a good 2/3mm. When I return to the car after work, it'll be pretty much back where it was.

Now, I know that the gauge will change if Im sitting on a hill etc but it will do this when driving constantly on flat roads without me throwing my car round bends.

Anyone else ever had this?

[steve_earwig]

It could be a dodgy sender, an iffy regulator (does your temp gauge do anything similar?) or a duff gauge but this sort of thing has cropped up on here before: they are a bit vague. My 2,1's gauge drops when the engine's turned off - after a journey I look at it and think I'm doing ok but next time I start up it's telling me my right foot's still too heavy (maybe someone's syphoning off my fuel...)

[Tiny Tim]

No, temp gauge seems fine.

Good to know mine's not the only one though!

[jameslxdt]

its dry solder joints on the instrument panel, my old 1.9 fuel gauge would wave like mad