[V8] Gas level stuff

[Scott Simmons]

Did you try the "tap on the glass" trick that always works in the movies?

That being said, there aren't many codes to pull from the IC:

    * 3111 Sender for coolant temperature (G83) at cylinder head.
      Defective sender or wiring problem
    * 3112 Sender for coolant temperature (G82) at radiator (lower end)
      Defective sender or wiring problem
    * 3121 Sender for oil pressure (G10) Sender defective or wiring problem
    * 4444 No Faults recorded in memory
    * 0000 End of fault code reading sequence

I'd clean the terminals on the sender unit and investigate the wiring on 
the back of the IC.

~Scott S.



Coleman, David wrote:

>Great intel all.  I'll take a shot at the diags before sourcing a guage. I hadn't thought of that. 
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>From: v8-bounces at audifans.com <v8-bounces at audifans.com>
>To: v8 at audifans.com <v8 at audifans.com>
>Sent: Mon Mar 24 21:11:54 2008
>Subject: Re: [V8] Gas level stuff
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>Yes, the gauges can be removed and replaced ... BTDT with a clock that
>wasn't working right when you tried to set it ... and I plan to swap the
>speedo from #344's current instrument cluster into the 5-speed replacement
>unit ... 
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>WRT the gauge function ... Look into the IC built in diagnostics before
>getting too carried away ... the problem may be somewhere other than the
>gauge itself ... 
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>Steve B
>San Jose, CA (USA)
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>Regarding gas level indicators... When I left for a 3 hour drive yesterday I
>showed half a tank on the guage.  2 hrs in, the guage hadn't moved, but "E"
>started flashing on the computer. By the time I found a gas station, it took
>18 gals to fill.
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>Thank the audi gods for the backup!  Apparently the guage just stopped
>workng, so now I guess it's time to get back there and mess around. 
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>Question -- can the guage be replaced by itself?   Because even if I get it
>working again, the black "background" is starting to deteriorate.  The other
>guages are good.  
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