[s-cars] crazy fuel gauge

[Joseph Pizzimenti]

I get anywhere from 13-15 mpg w/Stromung, no kitty,
MTM 1+ and REAL heavy foot.

-Joe
--- Cody Payne <Cody.Payne at bconnected.com> wrote:
> 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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