Vag-com output tests show fuel gauge needle not accurate...
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Vag-com output tests show fuel gauge needle not accurate...
I'd recently noticed my fuel gauge needle seeming to read higher than it should, given the # miles I had driven since last refueling... So I fired up the Vag-com and ran the Instrument Cluster output tests as described by joe@vwvortex in some earlier post that I saved.
Well the tach, speedo and temp needs are fine but the fuel gauge needle's range of motion was off and when it should have come to rest at 1/2 it was off to the right, maybe a half hash mark worth (equivalent to an 1/8 tank higher than it should read).
So I'm thinking the Vag-com diagnostic info tells me this is a f'ed up cluster rather than a sender issue... And therefore more Techron ain't gonna help. Do you concur?
The cluster was already replaced once under warranty, but we're way beyond the warranty now. <b>Has anybody found the BBA-Reman service effective in fixing whacky fuel gauges?</b>
~john
Well the tach, speedo and temp needs are fine but the fuel gauge needle's range of motion was off and when it should have come to rest at 1/2 it was off to the right, maybe a half hash mark worth (equivalent to an 1/8 tank higher than it should read).
So I'm thinking the Vag-com diagnostic info tells me this is a f'ed up cluster rather than a sender issue... And therefore more Techron ain't gonna help. Do you concur?
The cluster was already replaced once under warranty, but we're way beyond the warranty now. <b>Has anybody found the BBA-Reman service effective in fixing whacky fuel gauges?</b>
~john
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sounds right to me...you can also confirm>>>
it is the gauge if the range on the trip computer seems to be accurate....if the range and the fuel gauge are both off, then it could be senders....
Heard mixed results on BBA-Reman on this subject regardless of their claims...
Heard mixed results on BBA-Reman on this subject regardless of their claims...
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