"Fredxxx" wrote in message
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On 22/08/2015 16:44, Jimbo /p wrote:
"Adrian" wrote in message
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On Sat, 22 Aug 2015 15:08:34 +0100, Jimbo /p wrote:

well it buggered up my '98 merc fual senders over the last ten
years.......

Did you have a test sample of identical cars, some run on supermarket,
some run on branded, large enough to rule out an individual component
failure?

No, thought not.

Ok how come it started working again with expensive 99 shell/bp ? ...

Coincidence?

Perhaps you drove faster over some sleeping policemen at around the same
time and freed up the sender?

have to admit I pulled some left and right Gs to force fuel from one side of
the tank that straddles the prop shaft to the other....as you say that was
probably wot dun it ....