Fuel Gauge Q's For Mk.1 Owners

[thescirocco@juno.com]

Question to all Mk.1 Scirocco owners:

How linear are your fuel gauges?

How much fuel do you have left @ "1/4" and where the reserve (red)
starts?

I'm using a Mk.2 16V cluster on my '79, and at the halfway mark, I only
have ~3 gallons left.
It shows full for a while, and then it slowly goes to half full, and then
it goes pretty quickly to empty. I found this out the hard way at the 13A
exit on 301/50 on our way to Johnson City, TN, after that, I stopped for
fuel when I got to the halfway mark, and each time it was right around 7
1/2 gallons.
With a 10 1/2 gallon tank, I figured it would be closer to 5 gallons at
the halfway mark...

I think the 16V Scirocco, ('84 1/2 and up), fuel sending unit might have
a different resistance window, since it has a larger tank and a different
fuel sending unit.

Is the Digifiz the only A1 cluster to have a reserve warning light?

I'd be happy to trade in the upshift light for a reserve warning
light...8^)

Thanks for any input and happy New Year to all!

Peter  http://thescirocco.com - http://tttuning.com - Peloquin -
http://quaifeamerica.com/ - http://www.autotech.com/ -
http://www.magnecor.com/ - http://ronalusa.com - Discount dealer -  Bear,
DE 19701 '79 Scirocco 16V, '83 GTI,  '84.5 Scirocco 
'84 GTI - SciRollers: '79 , '84 , '88  
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