A4 forum? Need advice on electrics

[andyg plym]

Maybe this just goes to show how good the s2 forum is, you think you can type in a4 forum and what comes up is a complete crock of ****.

Im trying to see how complicated it is to replace the instrument cluster on the a4(adr 1.8 poverty spec,no remote locking etc).the fuel gauge is dead.

The s2 one is a simple task but on the a4 apparantly you have to re-code the keys etc as the cluster is part of the immobiliser system

had just planned a straight swap but will i have to take it apart and just replace the gauge itself? Or will that still need a re-code?

Fekkin newer audis eh......who'd have em

[merlin's S4]

https://www.audifans.net

[andyg plym]

thanks tristan, but i find that site pretty akward to be honest! never got on with it!

[Knight Rider S4]

www.audi-sport.net should find someone there who knows ...what model of A4? B5 B6?

[Sleeper_Avant]

It depends on the model fella,

if yours is a facelift B5 (1999 to 2001) then it has a 3 stage immobliser system, and the cluster being one of them.

however......
they are re-code able with VAG dash (like vag-com but for the clocks!!!)

gimme a ring on 07563 799 485 if you wanna speak to a human that knows whats going on
Anytime fella
also, Audi-sport is excelent for advice, although some users are very up themselves lol

Regards Sean.
p.s dont take advice from americans, there setup is totaly different from UK spec A4`s ok!!!

[s2avant]

Andy,

PM me your reg or chassis number and I'll see which immo it's got. Coding keys is not difficult but you do need the SKC which dealers can't give you anymore. VAGDash/VAGTacho etc can extract the immo SKC from the cluster so you can program new keys.

I've just bought an A4 tdi so I know what you mean about them being a bit different to A80/S2 but electrically they are very similar. I need to get the SKC sorted for mine as I am retrofitting OE remote locking with flip type keys.

Ben

[andyg plym]

its an early 97 p plate so that makes it b5? nothing special 1.8adr engine

[andyg plym]

It depends on the model fella,

if yours is a facelift B5 (1999 to 2001) then it has a 3 stage immobliser system, and the cluster being one of them.

however......
they are re-code able with VAG dash (like vag-com but for the clocks!!!)

gimme a ring on 07563 799 485 if you wanna speak to a human that knows whats going on
Anytime fella
also, Audi-sport is excelent for advice, although some users are very up themselves lol

Regards Sean.
p.s dont take advice from americans, there setup is totaly different from UK spec A4`s ok!!!

sean,
cheers for that,when i removed the fuel sender the contacts on it were worn away completely (car has 172k), whats the chances of clearing any fault codes and it working again? ive put a brand new sender in,but wonder if the old one did any damage ?

[andyg plym]

well just got back from a vagcom session with Merlins S4 (cheers tristan)

and we came up with the fault code 0771 "open or short to b+"

when googleing this code it just comes up with wiring fault between fuel sender and gauge. Surely it cant be the new sender? Must be the gauge itself??

[Nj]

might be worth mentioning that jontawn is getting in handheld supervag units that I think can do all the recoding you'd need.