Quattro Fuel tanks
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Re: Quattro Fuel tanks
"Ronny" <Admin@1337hosts.com> wrote in message
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> "Pete" <escape2music@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> > "Ronny" wrote
> >> This is where it gets interesting, normally I would expect a reserve of
> >> say 1 gallon max usually less from the point the needle shows red and
the
> >> cars shows 0, but my car is still driving fine 90 miles later, I will
let
> >> it get too 100 miles and see what happens,
> >
> > Whoa! Brave man. I once went about 20 miles past "0" and chickened out
> > after that, but that was on a B5 1.8Tq.
> >
> > FYI... it's not good for your fuel pump to be running on "fumes."
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Pete
> >
> >
>
> hehe, once won't hurt it I'm sure
>
> I just done another 20 miles and its still going fine, you know when its
> getting low as the fuel pump does make some funny noises, my B5 2.6
quattro
> would not go very far after it read 0 but this one seems to have >2
gallons
> spare which is nearly 20% of the cars capacity
You could plug in VAG-COM and have a look at the measuring block for fuel.
It tells you in litres how much fuel is in the tank. I haven't check it when
the fuel light comes on but it is something that can be 'adapted' to your
individual needs (or at least on the B5 it's possible).
Richard
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Re: Quattro Fuel tanks
"Graham" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
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> Ronny wrote:
>
> > BTW the guage and car are working perfect, and I am getting very healthy
MPG
> > 40mpg+ I was just curious.
>
> Jeremy Clarkson did an interesting test with this in an Audi (A6?). I
> forget the results but he did go for what seemed like a long time after
> it read 0 miles.
>
> I suspect it's just calibrated conservatively to make sure you don't
> actually run out unexpectedly.
>
> Do they still have reserve tanks? I thought they were done away with
> years ago.
The quattros don't have a reserve tank as such. It's an upside down 'U'
shape with a pump to transfer the fuel to the side where the fuel pump is.
This is to allow for the rear offside driveshaft. At least that's the way it
is on the B5 A4.
Richard
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Re: Quattro Fuel tanks
"Graham" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
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> Ronny wrote:
>
> > BTW the guage and car are working perfect, and I am getting very healthy
MPG
> > 40mpg+ I was just curious.
>
> Jeremy Clarkson did an interesting test with this in an Audi (A6?). I
> forget the results but he did go for what seemed like a long time after
> it read 0 miles.
>
> I suspect it's just calibrated conservatively to make sure you don't
> actually run out unexpectedly.
>
> Do they still have reserve tanks? I thought they were done away with
> years ago.
The quattros don't have a reserve tank as such. It's an upside down 'U'
shape with a pump to transfer the fuel to the side where the fuel pump is.
This is to allow for the rear offside driveshaft. At least that's the way it
is on the B5 A4.
Richard
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Re: Quattro Fuel tanks
"Graham" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
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> Ronny wrote:
>
> > BTW the guage and car are working perfect, and I am getting very healthy
MPG
> > 40mpg+ I was just curious.
>
> Jeremy Clarkson did an interesting test with this in an Audi (A6?). I
> forget the results but he did go for what seemed like a long time after
> it read 0 miles.
>
> I suspect it's just calibrated conservatively to make sure you don't
> actually run out unexpectedly.
>
> Do they still have reserve tanks? I thought they were done away with
> years ago.
The quattros don't have a reserve tank as such. It's an upside down 'U'
shape with a pump to transfer the fuel to the side where the fuel pump is.
This is to allow for the rear offside driveshaft. At least that's the way it
is on the B5 A4.
Richard
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Re: Quattro Fuel tanks
"Graham" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
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> Ronny wrote:
>
> > BTW the guage and car are working perfect, and I am getting very healthy
MPG
> > 40mpg+ I was just curious.
>
> Jeremy Clarkson did an interesting test with this in an Audi (A6?). I
> forget the results but he did go for what seemed like a long time after
> it read 0 miles.
>
> I suspect it's just calibrated conservatively to make sure you don't
> actually run out unexpectedly.
>
> Do they still have reserve tanks? I thought they were done away with
> years ago.
The quattros don't have a reserve tank as such. It's an upside down 'U'
shape with a pump to transfer the fuel to the side where the fuel pump is.
This is to allow for the rear offside driveshaft. At least that's the way it
is on the B5 A4.
Richard
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Re: Quattro Fuel tanks
"Richard Goulding" <nospam@nospam.net> wrote in message
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> "Ronny" <Admin@1337hosts.com> wrote in message
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>> "Pete" <escape2music@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>> >
>> > "Ronny" wrote
>> >> This is where it gets interesting, normally I would expect a reserve of
>> >> say 1 gallon max usually less from the point the needle shows red and
> the
>> >> cars shows 0, but my car is still driving fine 90 miles later, I will
> let
>> >> it get too 100 miles and see what happens,
>> >
>> > Whoa! Brave man. I once went about 20 miles past "0" and chickened out
>> > after that, but that was on a B5 1.8Tq.
>> >
>> > FYI... it's not good for your fuel pump to be running on "fumes."
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> >
>> > Pete
>> >
>> >
>>
>> hehe, once won't hurt it I'm sure
>>
>> I just done another 20 miles and its still going fine, you know when its
>> getting low as the fuel pump does make some funny noises, my B5 2.6
> quattro
>> would not go very far after it read 0 but this one seems to have >2
> gallons
>> spare which is nearly 20% of the cars capacity
>
> You could plug in VAG-COM and have a look at the measuring block for fuel.
> It tells you in litres how much fuel is in the tank. I haven't check it when
> the fuel light comes on but it is something that can be 'adapted' to your
> individual needs (or at least on the B5 it's possible).
>
> Richard
Plug in what? Sounds rather intriguing...
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> "Ronny" <Admin@1337hosts.com> wrote in message
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>> "Pete" <escape2music@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:e64pmb$jq0$1@inews.gazeta.pl...
>> >
>> > "Ronny" wrote
>> >> This is where it gets interesting, normally I would expect a reserve of
>> >> say 1 gallon max usually less from the point the needle shows red and
> the
>> >> cars shows 0, but my car is still driving fine 90 miles later, I will
> let
>> >> it get too 100 miles and see what happens,
>> >
>> > Whoa! Brave man. I once went about 20 miles past "0" and chickened out
>> > after that, but that was on a B5 1.8Tq.
>> >
>> > FYI... it's not good for your fuel pump to be running on "fumes."
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> >
>> > Pete
>> >
>> >
>>
>> hehe, once won't hurt it I'm sure
>>
>> I just done another 20 miles and its still going fine, you know when its
>> getting low as the fuel pump does make some funny noises, my B5 2.6
> quattro
>> would not go very far after it read 0 but this one seems to have >2
> gallons
>> spare which is nearly 20% of the cars capacity
>
> You could plug in VAG-COM and have a look at the measuring block for fuel.
> It tells you in litres how much fuel is in the tank. I haven't check it when
> the fuel light comes on but it is something that can be 'adapted' to your
> individual needs (or at least on the B5 it's possible).
>
> Richard
Plug in what? Sounds rather intriguing...
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Re: Quattro Fuel tanks
"Richard Goulding" <nospam@nospam.net> wrote in message
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> "Ronny" <Admin@1337hosts.com> wrote in message
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>> "Pete" <escape2music@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:e64pmb$jq0$1@inews.gazeta.pl...
>> >
>> > "Ronny" wrote
>> >> This is where it gets interesting, normally I would expect a reserve of
>> >> say 1 gallon max usually less from the point the needle shows red and
> the
>> >> cars shows 0, but my car is still driving fine 90 miles later, I will
> let
>> >> it get too 100 miles and see what happens,
>> >
>> > Whoa! Brave man. I once went about 20 miles past "0" and chickened out
>> > after that, but that was on a B5 1.8Tq.
>> >
>> > FYI... it's not good for your fuel pump to be running on "fumes."
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> >
>> > Pete
>> >
>> >
>>
>> hehe, once won't hurt it I'm sure
>>
>> I just done another 20 miles and its still going fine, you know when its
>> getting low as the fuel pump does make some funny noises, my B5 2.6
> quattro
>> would not go very far after it read 0 but this one seems to have >2
> gallons
>> spare which is nearly 20% of the cars capacity
>
> You could plug in VAG-COM and have a look at the measuring block for fuel.
> It tells you in litres how much fuel is in the tank. I haven't check it when
> the fuel light comes on but it is something that can be 'adapted' to your
> individual needs (or at least on the B5 it's possible).
>
> Richard
Plug in what? Sounds rather intriguing...
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> "Ronny" <Admin@1337hosts.com> wrote in message
> news:ju6dndApBe9YcRjZRVnysA@pipex.net...
>>
>> "Pete" <escape2music@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:e64pmb$jq0$1@inews.gazeta.pl...
>> >
>> > "Ronny" wrote
>> >> This is where it gets interesting, normally I would expect a reserve of
>> >> say 1 gallon max usually less from the point the needle shows red and
> the
>> >> cars shows 0, but my car is still driving fine 90 miles later, I will
> let
>> >> it get too 100 miles and see what happens,
>> >
>> > Whoa! Brave man. I once went about 20 miles past "0" and chickened out
>> > after that, but that was on a B5 1.8Tq.
>> >
>> > FYI... it's not good for your fuel pump to be running on "fumes."
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> >
>> > Pete
>> >
>> >
>>
>> hehe, once won't hurt it I'm sure
>>
>> I just done another 20 miles and its still going fine, you know when its
>> getting low as the fuel pump does make some funny noises, my B5 2.6
> quattro
>> would not go very far after it read 0 but this one seems to have >2
> gallons
>> spare which is nearly 20% of the cars capacity
>
> You could plug in VAG-COM and have a look at the measuring block for fuel.
> It tells you in litres how much fuel is in the tank. I haven't check it when
> the fuel light comes on but it is something that can be 'adapted' to your
> individual needs (or at least on the B5 it's possible).
>
> Richard
Plug in what? Sounds rather intriguing...
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Re: Quattro Fuel tanks
"Richard Goulding" <nospam@nospam.net> wrote in message
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> "Ronny" <Admin@1337hosts.com> wrote in message
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>> "Pete" <escape2music@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:e64pmb$jq0$1@inews.gazeta.pl...
>> >
>> > "Ronny" wrote
>> >> This is where it gets interesting, normally I would expect a reserve of
>> >> say 1 gallon max usually less from the point the needle shows red and
> the
>> >> cars shows 0, but my car is still driving fine 90 miles later, I will
> let
>> >> it get too 100 miles and see what happens,
>> >
>> > Whoa! Brave man. I once went about 20 miles past "0" and chickened out
>> > after that, but that was on a B5 1.8Tq.
>> >
>> > FYI... it's not good for your fuel pump to be running on "fumes."
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> >
>> > Pete
>> >
>> >
>>
>> hehe, once won't hurt it I'm sure
>>
>> I just done another 20 miles and its still going fine, you know when its
>> getting low as the fuel pump does make some funny noises, my B5 2.6
> quattro
>> would not go very far after it read 0 but this one seems to have >2
> gallons
>> spare which is nearly 20% of the cars capacity
>
> You could plug in VAG-COM and have a look at the measuring block for fuel.
> It tells you in litres how much fuel is in the tank. I haven't check it when
> the fuel light comes on but it is something that can be 'adapted' to your
> individual needs (or at least on the B5 it's possible).
>
> Richard
Plug in what? Sounds rather intriguing...
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>
> "Ronny" <Admin@1337hosts.com> wrote in message
> news:ju6dndApBe9YcRjZRVnysA@pipex.net...
>>
>> "Pete" <escape2music@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:e64pmb$jq0$1@inews.gazeta.pl...
>> >
>> > "Ronny" wrote
>> >> This is where it gets interesting, normally I would expect a reserve of
>> >> say 1 gallon max usually less from the point the needle shows red and
> the
>> >> cars shows 0, but my car is still driving fine 90 miles later, I will
> let
>> >> it get too 100 miles and see what happens,
>> >
>> > Whoa! Brave man. I once went about 20 miles past "0" and chickened out
>> > after that, but that was on a B5 1.8Tq.
>> >
>> > FYI... it's not good for your fuel pump to be running on "fumes."
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> >
>> > Pete
>> >
>> >
>>
>> hehe, once won't hurt it I'm sure
>>
>> I just done another 20 miles and its still going fine, you know when its
>> getting low as the fuel pump does make some funny noises, my B5 2.6
> quattro
>> would not go very far after it read 0 but this one seems to have >2
> gallons
>> spare which is nearly 20% of the cars capacity
>
> You could plug in VAG-COM and have a look at the measuring block for fuel.
> It tells you in litres how much fuel is in the tank. I haven't check it when
> the fuel light comes on but it is something that can be 'adapted' to your
> individual needs (or at least on the B5 it's possible).
>
> Richard
Plug in what? Sounds rather intriguing...
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Re: Quattro Fuel tanks
"Richard Goulding" <nospam@nospam.net> wrote in message
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> "Ronny" <Admin@1337hosts.com> wrote in message
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>>
>> "Pete" <escape2music@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:e64pmb$jq0$1@inews.gazeta.pl...
>> >
>> > "Ronny" wrote
>> >> This is where it gets interesting, normally I would expect a reserve of
>> >> say 1 gallon max usually less from the point the needle shows red and
> the
>> >> cars shows 0, but my car is still driving fine 90 miles later, I will
> let
>> >> it get too 100 miles and see what happens,
>> >
>> > Whoa! Brave man. I once went about 20 miles past "0" and chickened out
>> > after that, but that was on a B5 1.8Tq.
>> >
>> > FYI... it's not good for your fuel pump to be running on "fumes."
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> >
>> > Pete
>> >
>> >
>>
>> hehe, once won't hurt it I'm sure
>>
>> I just done another 20 miles and its still going fine, you know when its
>> getting low as the fuel pump does make some funny noises, my B5 2.6
> quattro
>> would not go very far after it read 0 but this one seems to have >2
> gallons
>> spare which is nearly 20% of the cars capacity
>
> You could plug in VAG-COM and have a look at the measuring block for fuel.
> It tells you in litres how much fuel is in the tank. I haven't check it when
> the fuel light comes on but it is something that can be 'adapted' to your
> individual needs (or at least on the B5 it's possible).
>
> Richard
Plug in what? Sounds rather intriguing...
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>
> "Ronny" <Admin@1337hosts.com> wrote in message
> news:ju6dndApBe9YcRjZRVnysA@pipex.net...
>>
>> "Pete" <escape2music@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:e64pmb$jq0$1@inews.gazeta.pl...
>> >
>> > "Ronny" wrote
>> >> This is where it gets interesting, normally I would expect a reserve of
>> >> say 1 gallon max usually less from the point the needle shows red and
> the
>> >> cars shows 0, but my car is still driving fine 90 miles later, I will
> let
>> >> it get too 100 miles and see what happens,
>> >
>> > Whoa! Brave man. I once went about 20 miles past "0" and chickened out
>> > after that, but that was on a B5 1.8Tq.
>> >
>> > FYI... it's not good for your fuel pump to be running on "fumes."
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> >
>> > Pete
>> >
>> >
>>
>> hehe, once won't hurt it I'm sure
>>
>> I just done another 20 miles and its still going fine, you know when its
>> getting low as the fuel pump does make some funny noises, my B5 2.6
> quattro
>> would not go very far after it read 0 but this one seems to have >2
> gallons
>> spare which is nearly 20% of the cars capacity
>
> You could plug in VAG-COM and have a look at the measuring block for fuel.
> It tells you in litres how much fuel is in the tank. I haven't check it when
> the fuel light comes on but it is something that can be 'adapted' to your
> individual needs (or at least on the B5 it's possible).
>
> Richard
Plug in what? Sounds rather intriguing...
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Re: Quattro Fuel tanks
"Jim Pills" <jim@pills.com> wrote
> Plug in what? Sounds rather intriguing...
http://www.ross-tech.com/vag-com/index.html
Cheers,
Pete