[s-cars] fuel gauge fixed

[Douglas Landaeta]

Congrats Paul!
I have a dumb situation that may need the same repair. Did you need a
special spanner to get the unit out? and I think the consensu was that the
ski sack does not have to be removed?

My symptoms -- Upon filling (motor and cell phone off, of course) It shows
full, then after a very short time (maybe 10 miles) the gauges drops off to
7/8ths or so. It then stays there, but upon starting, may actually blink and
tone the outta gas light. Next start it may show 7/8th again. It will stay
at 7/8 and gracelfully go down to about 1/4 and then stay there until the
fuel is all but gone (I think). Here's the funny part. When I turn right,
the gauge noticeable will move down and when I turn left, it will noticeable
move up (or was it the other way around). When travelling straight it
settles back again. This behaviour is very different from my 95.5, which
remained rock solid and read accurately till drop. Is this the sender or
should I try something else first. No other gauge problems noted.
Doug
'94 S4 (the sleet just turned white around here! better get to the office so
I can leave early)

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Just a dumb update...

Story:  after replacing my fuel pump (in vain, no effect on my hard start),
my fuel gauge would not read more than the high mark in the reserve area.  I
suspected I tangled some of the in-tank lines around the long sender
swing-arm 'wire' thingy.

Finally got around to pulling it apart last night (like 2 minute job), noted
the bulb for the sender was wedged against a 'lump' in the tank down near
the fuel pump mounting area.  Ah HA!  Removed, replaced more carefully,
filled tank today, VOILA!  Gauge reads fine.  Finally Paul manages to not
muff something up, well, to successfully fix something he DID muff up in the
first place.

So, duh, be careful if you remove this unit from your tank... it's
replacement needs to be spot on (more duh), as the tank contains some odd
shapes inside that the sender needs to clear.

Since I'm on fuel gauges... anyone have any thoughts as to why the gauge
won't read 'live' when I fill the tank with the car running (I don't wanna
hear it tree huggin' hippies, YES, I fill my car with engine running!).
Even my f'n '80 Volvo or '76 Westphalia had gauges that would read as I
filled them.  F'n $50k Audi gauge acts 'dumb' until car is restarted?  Don't
get me started...

-Paul
CT fluffy white stuff predicted today whooohooooo!
'95 //S6 finally a repair goes my way...  though still hard hot starts...
grrr...
'58 TR3A better use odometer for fuel tracking or have comfy walking shoes
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