[s-cars] crazy fuel gauge

[Theodore Chen]

phew!  glad to see that.  i average between 19-21 mpg for mixed
freeway/street driving.  best i've seen was 26 mpg, 2-way average
for trips to lake tahoe where i cruised at 90-100 mph.

the current tank has a gallon of toluene added to it, and i've been
*ahem* testing it, so i'm getting 17 mpg on this tankful.  sadly,
i started with a pitiful 91 octane fuel, so the toluene is good for
only a bump to 92 octane, but the car definitely likes it better.
it no longer dumps boost at WOT.  next stop: 100 octane at the
76 in san jose.

-teddy

--- Jim McGee <jmcgee at ecentral.com> wrote:
> 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
> [mailto:s-car-list-admin at audifans.com]On Behalf Of Paul Friedenberg
> Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 3:37 PM
> To: Cody.Payne at bconnected.com; serge411 at speakeasy.org;
> outex at charter.net; s-car-list at audifans.com
> Subject: RE: [s-cars] crazy fuel gauge
>
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> 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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