fuel gauge oddity on 83 urq

[Brady Moffatt]

Hi All,

The fuel gauge has been replaced on my 83 urq. It is now one of the orange
needle gauges found on later Audis like my 86 4kq. I doubt that this is the
problem, but you never know.

The symptom is that I run out of gas when the needle is barely touching
reserve. Once, it wasn't even touching it. I could see this being adjustment
of the gauge sweep, except that it doesn't read over full when filled. The
other odd part is that when I ran out of gas, I could only put in 75 litres
of fuel. Maybe I have a 4kq fuel tank? But that shouldn't affect the fuel
gauge reading should it?

Any ideas?

Thanks.

Cheers,
Brady Moffatt
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
83 UrQuattro with 53,000 miles
86 4ksq with 310,000km
86 4ksq parts car
72 Datsun 240Z with 180,000 miles
92 VW Golf with 200,000km FOR SALE
in middle stages of quattrosis accumulatus


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