Leaking fuel tank, was RE: [s-cars] Sean's Getting Frustrated

[Mark Strangways]

I have a crappy sender, but the tank is fine.
My sender reads about 3/4 to 7/8's when FULL.
And goes down to E pretty fast.

But then I did something stupid, I adjusted it to read more accurate at the
E side of things.
And promptly ran outta gas right at the E line .

Opps

Mark S
----- Original Message -----
From: "Martin, Gary G" <MartinGG at aetna.com>
To: "AUDI S Cars Discussion List" <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2003 10:50 PM
Subject: Leaking fuel tank, was RE: [s-cars] Sean's Getting Frustrated


>
> Interesting...I have been on this list...ohhh, 4 years and I have never
> seen a post about a leaking fuel tank. Sorry for your pain, but
> something sounds fishy.
>
> Gary
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sean Douglas [mailto:quattro20v at telus.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2003 9:59 PM
> To: s-car-list at audifans.com
> Subject: [s-cars] Sean's Getting Frustrated
>
>
> I thought I'd share my frustrations with the list on my "new" 1997 S6 -
> and looking for sympathy.
>
>
> April 4 - Car arrived by rail from Toronto to Vancouver
> April 5-6 - drove for two days
> April 7 - dropped off at Audi dealer to get provincial inspection
> (mandatory for out of province cars). April 8 - dealer informs me that
> fuel tank is leaking, orders new tank (under warranty). Tank must be
> shipped by ground from Texas warehouse. No courtesy car is available.
> April 14 - dealer received tank and removes old one, rear subframe,
> suspension and exhaust comes out. April 16 - tech discovers that the
> fuel pump is not engaging into collar inside tank. Determines tank is
> faulty. Orders another new tan (by ground from Texas). Dealer does not
> have any courtesy cars but agrees to pay for rental. Sean gets rental
> car but is disappointed - its a Kia! April 22 - second tank arrives.
> April 23 - tech fits in fuel pump, but cannot get fuel sender to engage
> in collar, blames it on old sending unit possibly being different.
> Dealer orders new sending unit which will be air freighted overnight
> from Toronto. April 23 - Sean calls Audi Canada to complain. Get the
> standard response "we will look into it".
>
> So I figure that either; 1) the tanks are defective and something in the
> quality control system is breaking down, 2) Audi changed the specs on
> the "collars" and didn't tell anyone 3) the Techs at the dealer either
> don't know what they are doing or have royally screwed it up.
>
> So folks, I've technically "owned" my 1997 Audi S6 since paying for it
> in Mid March, but I have only had in my posession for 2 freakin days!
> What did I do to deserve this? I must of really pissed of the Audi Gods
> somehow!
>
> Thanks for listening.
>
> Sean Douglas - s-car-less in Surrey :-(
>
>
>
>
>
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