OT: Passat fuel gauge

[scirocco16vr32 at gmail.com (Chris Bennett)]

My 87 does weird things like that.  I reads above full when filled and
quickly drops to a little less than 3/4 tank like say 30ish miles or
so, then seems to be that 1/4 tank off the rest of the way.

If I am in the upper portion of the red I have at least a quarter tank.

Unlike your problem... I am the only driver and it doesn't make a
problem for me.  I also use the trip odometer to back up the guage
readings.

Not much help but a similar issue.

Chris

On 3/30/07, DYWong <sailingfc@dslextreme.com> wrote:
> Since it's so slow, I'll throw in an OT bone.
>
> My '95 Passat (VR6) that has a very pessimistic fuel gauge.  It reads
> lower that actual.  When the guage reads half (about 9 gallons) you can
> only put in about 6 gallons to fill up the tank.  When it hits the red
> lines at the bottom of the gauge, you will only put in about 14 gallons.
> It's not so bad if your the only driver, you know how long the needle has
> been sitting on the "red".  When you have multiple drivers, you don't
> really know how much fuel is left.  I just want a more accurate indication
> of fuel.
>
> I'm thinking of pulling the sender and bending the float arm (by trial and
> error) to fix this.  Anyone else seen this problem or have any other ideas
> how to fix this?
>
> Thanks.
>
> -Dick-
> 78 Scirocco
> Original Owner
> 95 Passat GLX
> Second Owner
>
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