Re: "Out Of Fuel" warning lamp

[Gerard <gerard@poboxes.com>]

Hi!

> The 56 is an AutoCheck code which indicates number of cylinders and
> engine type that the Board Computer thinks it's working with.  According
> to Bentley, 56 = 5 cylinders & "all countries other than the USA and
> German speaking countries/diesel engines".

:O

Could you write me up that table of values and meanings from the Bentley
manual, please? I only have the Haynes, and that doesn't give much.

> So that may be part of the problem.  You don't mention it in this post
> but I believe I recall from previous posts that your car is a 200 Turbo?
> Not a diesel, right?  I believe you want it to say 53 which is 5
> cylinders & "all countries other than the USA and German speaking
> countries/gasoline engines.

Nope, not a diesel. I have to admit I did burst out laughing
when I read this message. :) Hmmmm...diesel, well that could explain why
my poor little turbo powered car is so powerless. :) hee hee, it thinks
it's a diesel. Must be saying to itself "hey, 125kW? Can't be right.
Choke
engine, choke engine!!!"

> To change this you must remove the intstrument cluster and slide the
> switch to position 3.  The switch is just behind the top edge of the
> instrument cluster and about over the speedometer.  It is a sliding
> switch marked 1 thru 6 with "Diesel" on one end of the scale and "Benzin"
> on the other end.

Where's the nitrous oxide setting? :)

> As for the fuel range warning...  In Bentley there is a small piece
> covering the correction of the fuel consumption factor to within 5%.
> I've never noticed this but apparently there is a group of dip switches
> somewhere on the back of the insturment cluster that can be switched
> around to give varying levels of correction.  Up to 15% + or - is
> possible.

Would it be asking too much to ask you to write up or scan and send me
the
pages of the Bentley manual that deals with these dip switches?

> Did you get a new Board Computer recently?  These procedures are prefaced
> by a comment that these need only be performed after Board Computer
> replacement.  There's also a procedure for calibrating the fuel gauge,
> but I get the impression that your gauge is okay.

Fuel gauge does seem to be working fine. I assume those dip switch
settings are
for the auto-check computer's benefit and not the fuel gauge. I haven't
had a
new board computer put in. As far as I know the thing is still original
equipment.

> No mention of an "empty tank" trigger though, sorry... :-)

Not to worry. I car pool and my passengers will just have to dock up to
keep
the tank above the critical "quarter tank problematic mass". :)

Thanks for the help. :)

Cheers!

G.

PS: This story reminds me of my cat. I picked it up in a field about 11
years
    ago, it was almost stoned to death (these poor things shouldn't
smoke so
    much. Just kidding). We took it to the vet and had it checked. Then
when
    we took it back to be sterilised we discovered that it was in fact a
male
    cat and not a female as the vet had listed it before. :) Same story
now
    with this thing thinking it is a diesel instead of a gasoline motor.
:)
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