[s-cars] crazy fuel gauge

[Jim McGee]

This makes me feel great.  19-21 mpg daily driving in the Denver area.  Just
finished a trip to Oregon, California and back and generally got in the
22-23 mpg range.  By the way, I have gotten used to seeing Audis around here
all the time ( there are four in my office alone), but I'll bet I didn't see
more than 5 or 6 on the whole 4,000 mile trip; no S-cars.  Except when I
stopped at 2-Bennett in Davis.  I did see 156 indicated on a particularly
desolate strip in eastern Nevada.

Jim McGee
95 S6
RS2
Hoppen Stage III

-----Original Message-----
From: s-car-list-admin at audifans.com
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Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 3:37 PM
To: Cody.Payne at bconnected.com; serge411 at speakeasy.org;
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Subject: RE: [s-cars] crazy fuel gauge






I get around 17-18 at a mile high, RS2 mods, 3 bar, Stromung. Very little
hwy driving, and I drive it very hard. Not too bad, I get 10mpg in my
Suburban, but I drive it hard as well...


>From: "Cody Payne" <Cody.Payne at bconnected.com>
>To: "serge" <serge411 at speakeasy.org>,"Chad Hall" <outex at charter.net>,
><s-car-list at audifans.com>
>Subject: RE: [s-cars] crazy fuel gauge
>Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2002 15:22:13 -0700
>
>Speaking of Fuel...what kink of gas mileage are you fellow "heavy footers"
>getting?  I commute mostly on back road not much highway and getting around
>16-17MPG...
>Engine Mods:
>2.5 Bar Chipped ECU + 7A cam + Stromung SS Exhaust (Cam hasn't seem to have
>much effect on MPG as before was about the same too)
>
>New O2 sensor installed 4 weeks ago.
>
>Is this normal?
>
>Thx
>
>cp
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: serge [mailto:serge411 at speakeasy.org]
>Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 3:05 PM
>To: Chad Hall; s-car-list at audifans.com
>Subject: Re: [s-cars] crazy fuel guage
>
>
>on 11/4/02 5:47 PM, Chad Hall at outex at charter.net wrote:
>
> > This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
> > --
> > [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ]
> > For the past 2 weeks my fuel gauge has been inconsistent at best and
>usually
> > just plain off most of the time.  When I fill up the tank, sometimes it
>will
> > only show a little above 3/4 full.  When I start out w/full tank, I can
>only
> > get about 225 miles on the trip odometer before I am deep into reserve.
>With
> > my old VW's I would just replace the in-tank fuel pump/float mechanism.
>Don't
> > our cars have a fuel level sensor somewhere other than in the tank?
>BTW, per
> > Jimmy Pribble's log of his car:  it was a major PITA to finally (I
>assume) fix
> > his problem fuel gauge.  They replaced the sending unit 2 or 3 times,
>circuit
> > boards (once or twice), whole cluster, etc. Any ideas before I head to
>the
> > dealer?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Chad Hall
> > '95 S6
> > --
> >
>Chad, my 95 avant has had those same fuel gauge issues since purchase last
>December. I just assumed it was an Audi quirk. I have filled it to the
>point
>where I can see gasoline in the filler tube, and still the needle never
>quite points to full. In my 84 GTI, I used to keep a close eye on the gas
>mileage as an indicator to possible engine problems. I miss being able to
>do
>this with the S6 due to the crazy fuel gauge syndrome. Keep us posted on
>your progress.
>
>
>Serge Filanovsky
>
>95 S6 Avant
>
>
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