[200q20v] Trip Computer

C1J1Miller at aol.com C1J1Miller at aol.com
Sat Mar 24 14:14:31 EST 2001


In a message dated 3/24/01 9:28:46 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
pjrose at frontiernet.net writes:

> At 9:56 PM -0700 3/23/01, Calvin & Diana Craig wrote:
>  >OK guys...this is actually a question for my '92 S4 but.....Anyway, the 
> trip
>  >computer in the car has been reading instantaneous MPG in the spot where 
it
>  >is supposed to read boost ever since I bought the car.  It's like somebody
>  >put a 100 computer into it....or, is it the same computer and is there a
>  >switch on the back of the instrument cluster, or at the computer, that
>  >determines what gets put in this spot on the display?  Thanks.
>  >--Calvin Craig
>  
>  I've not heard of that feature so I suspect someone installed the 
>  computer from another model. But I wish it _were_ possible to easily 
>  switch the boost readout to an instantaneous MPG  since my chipped 
>  ECU gives a boost reading that is no longer useful.
>  
>  Phil
>  -- 
>  
>  Phil Rose

They deleted the boost gauge in the computer option after '92; did they keep 
the standard computer?  Perhaps your car got the later computer...
Chris



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