The dealer will repair per factory instructions.. (archive)

I'm sure if you want them to spend an extra hour repairing your car they will gladly accept an hours flat rate from you. I don't see them doing this for free. I also don't think they could remove the sending unit without the carpet completely out of the way. IMO

: The gauge on my 97 2.8 jumps around too. I didn't want to have this caesarian operation performed needlessly on her so I've been waiting for a real fix to become available. Anyway, when installing the oem roll hoops last week I had to pull the carpet back to get to the screws that hold down the storage box. I could clearly see down to the sending unit panel and I'd guess cutting the carpet is not required. It's just that it probably saves them about a hour's labor.

: : unit. In fact the carpet is precut in this location. The only other way to get at the sending unit would require the removal of the gas tank.

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: : : I recently had may car in the local BMW shop to fix a gas guage problem (when the gas tank was full, the gas guage would sometimes read "empty"). In order to access the gas tank, the tech. cut a big "C" shape through the carpet & padding behind the passenger seat. Is this the normal way to repair this problem? I can't imagine that this is the BMW recommended way to repair this problem.

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