A very discouraging petrol gauge......

[bernsaudi]

Hello folks, this one has been into audi, with no repair.....

I you give the car any stick after half a tank of fuel is left, the gauge and range drop to empty almost immediately, and starts beeping.

fill it up again and you can rely on a full or mostly full gauge, but when it gets to about half full, same thing happens again. Being as my other half shies away from petrol stations, I am getting undue attention to fill the car up all the time.
Earplugs only work until she notices!

[topsparky]

Hello folks, this one has been into audi, with no repair.....

I you give the car any stick after half a tank of fuel is left, the gauge and range drop to empty almost immediately, and starts beeping.

fill it up again and you can rely on a full or mostly full gauge, but when it gets to about half full, same thing happens again. Being as my other half shies away from petrol stations, I am getting undue attention to fill the car up all the time.
Earplugs only work until she notices!

sounds like the sender unit is kapput
or on it's way out

[bernsaudi]

It had a new sender, no good!

[Skull]

damn! so im not the only one with this problem. as soon as i turn a little left... beeeeepppp. i took a look at the sender, cleaned it, moved slightly the contact, warmed the welding of the 2 cables... nothing...

[bernsaudi]

Misery loves company, and where I am misery is 89.9 per litre, although my car is currently somewhere in the midlands being piloted by my better half so she can pay today, result!

[Skull]

Have you tried anything else?

[bernsaudi]

havent had the car all that long, and the problem was part of the car, although I have receipt to show audi did change the sender to no avail.
I first have to replace all bushed, mountings,etc before attending to it, as this car is c**p to drive currently, lurching etc.
All I can say right now is that it really only take 15 seconds of heavy loud pedal, even in a straight line, to upset it, which makes me think of a relationship between the fuel com puter and the gauge being at fault.
Does anyone else have this grief?

[topsparky]

mine does that on my urs4 and i only get 280 miles to a tank
i've only had it since late november and already done
6000 miles

i think mine is a fuelling problem though


to much right foot dancing aswell
:mischeif: :mischeif: :mischeif:

[bernsaudi]

Well, there is only one thing to do

I will suffer it until I figure out what lpg bits will power this properly, fill it 3/4 full with petrol, and watch the (petrol) gauge stay still.

How many have gas fitted, and how many are happy with it? There are a few options I have, and I and trying to avoid 1injector/cyl for reliability.

Got to fix suspension first though......

The gauge is quite amusing, as it sort of points out a very obvious fact, loud pedal means fuel usage!

[Corey]

mine does that on my urs4 and i only get 280 miles to a tank
i've only had it since late november and already done
6000 miles

i think mine is a fuelling problem though


to much right foot dancing aswell
:mischeif: :mischeif: :mischeif:

Your fuelling issue is largely due to the fact your carrying about half a ton in tools in the boot.
(but there are a couple of other issues also )

[bernsaudi]

my newfoundland likes it in the back, he's 12 stone and doesn't pay the petrol either..

I drove it like a grandad from peterborough to telford( 176 mile run I did) and used 26 litre of 95ron. This driving made my right foot ache..

However my house to birmingham centre..not like a grandad.. 38 litres 118 miles.

has anyone here worked out perpetual motion yet?

[Smith_S2]

i have the same problem with mine, put a full tank of the good stuff in her (RON 98), the dial goes all the way up then goes back down to zero then goes to about 3/4 of a tank when she is full? i think it is the sender in mine but good luck to you bernsaudi