rofl i remember hearing that, i think someone on here sold this car to you lol
In the fuel tank, there is the level sender, it's an electric potentiometer normally or sometype of it, there is little teeth that act as contacts, when the fuel splashes around it can break these clip things from making the float move quickly, if it snaps off, you get a really erratic fuel pick up, it's a common problem in old cars for bottom end, you can run your car with the fuel light on for like 50km
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