sorry for bad spelling i am fick---it goes like this car was low on petrol as it always is

i put in £5 from a petrol can as i couldnt be assed to get out the garage to fill up noticed this morning on my way to work there was nothing at all reading on the gague---had a problem a while back where if i fill up to max gague started serging up and down but below half way was ok!!!where do i start lookin????93 model