[V8] Gas level stuff

Scott DeWitt sdewitt at stx.rr.com
Tue Mar 25 18:24:57 PDT 2008


That is easily remedied.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Wainwright" <ron_01056 at yahoo.com>
To: "urq" <urq at pacbell.net>
Cc: <v8 at audifans.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2008 5:22 PM
Subject: Re: [V8] Gas level stuff


> The Auto's speedo won't show your true MPH in a 5sp.
>
> Ron
>
> --- urq <urq at pacbell.net> wrote:
>
>> 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 ...
>>
>> 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 ...
>>
>> Steve B
>> San Jose, CA (USA)
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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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