Audi Tt Mk1 Fuel Gauge Fault
Unfortunately a previous owner installed one of the faulty instrument clusters made for post 5 2002 cars but has a fuel gauge programmed for sending units through 05 2002 50ohm empty 280ohm full.
Audi tt mk1 fuel gauge fault. Faq page 1 of 2 1 2. The audi tt mk1 1999 2006 dashboard instrument cluster has an lcd central display screen which is quite common to fail. The digital display gives me an accurate miles to empty reading though. Unfortunately a previous owner installed one of the faulty instrument clusters made for post 5 2002 cars but has a fuel gauge programmed for sending units through 05.
Originally manufactured as a 2 door coupe this car is a fast roadster available as a nippy 1 8l all the way up to a top of the range 3 2l. This unit is basically a rheostat and when it fails contact will be lost at certain fuel levels resulting in the needle bouncing. This problem is usually caused by a faulty fuel sending unit in the gas tank. The fuel gauge cannot be recalibrated.
Audi are staying quite tight lipped about the car s origins although we can be sure that it is named after the famous isle of man tt race. Audi tt mk1 flipping fuel gauge reading code my tt 225 coupe was made after 05 2002 and has the appropriate fuel sending units that read 280 ohm as empty and 50 ohms as full. Tt forum mk1 tt 8n board index. 16 dec 2004 19 18.
Replacing the sending unit should fix the problem. Since i ve purchased my tt the fuel gauge will only display from way pass full to 1 2 full or 1 2 empty mark. How to recalibrate a fuel gauge on a 2005 audi a4. This centre display can become distorted pixelated or even fail completely.
Also the fuel gauge is another common failure on this type of instrument cluster giving incorrect readings or even sometimes no reading at all. Unfortunately this is not an audi. Faulty fuel gauge display.