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What causes the fuel gauge not working smoothly on a BMW Z3?
Years 1995-2002

Answer

A failure or irregular operation of the fuel gauge, consisting in the fact that the fuel needle does not mark petrol, or goes crazy, is most likely due to the fact that the float has broken (frequent failure on all z3s).
Posted on: 11 January 2022 by ScegliAuto

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