996tt broken fuel gauge

[mattyh]

Running a bit low on petrol yesterday, fuel computer went down to "9 miles remaining" buy the time i got to the petrol station that sold super unleaded it had changed to -- !!! put in £25 quids worth of super and the gauge has,nt even registered, and the range still says -- with the message Consider range of fuel remaining, any one else had this happen and is it covered under Porsche warranty !!! please say yes!!!

[kiko]

It may not need a new fuel sender, most of them will do with some re-calibrating done at the dealer. It takes a couple of hours and they need the tank nearly empty as they will add 20qt portions following PST2 tester instructions.

[cavanagh]

all of mine have done that just fill it up it will sort its elf out

[mattyh]

I shall fill it up tommmorow and keep my fingers crossed, cheers guys.

[damianc4s]

My C4S does exactly that. As Steve said, filling the car up sorts the problem. When filling the car make sure you always put more than half a tank in to it.

[sportsandclassic]

As said before by the other guys....

all 4 wheel drive porsches have what is called saddle petrol tanks where there is a hump in the middle of the tank to accomodate the front diff so it needs more than £25 fuel to register on the gauge just fill it up all the time.

keep the tank brimmed you have more weight over the front end of car plus all your wheel alignment values change when the tank uses the fuel...you have to set all values wth a full tank of fuel.

The difference is alot.

mike

sportsandclassic