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Yes you will need to pull the fuel sender out and check it.
Your fuel gauge reading full when you joined the Yellow wire and earth together means that everything is good from the fuel gauge down to the tank (don't worry about the colour being slightly different, wiring diagrams aren't always correct).
The low fuel light coming on when you joined the Yellow with a green trace wire to earth is normal.