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Re: Fuel guage probs. (archive)
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Posted by Shaun Kelly on March 27, 2000 at 09:54:57:

In Reply to: Fuel guage probs. posted by Tracy Mathews on March 25, 2000 at 20:49:25:

Hello,

My '94 525ia has this same problem of an erratic fuel gauge. I have had the tank sending unit replaced twice and the contacts on the back of the gauge tightened once and now seems to be better. Still does this every once and a while. Was finally told by my dealer that if it gets really bad that the gauge cluster will have to be replaced at a cost of about $700+. Ouch! Ask your dealer to tighten the contacts on the back of the gauge and see if that doesn't help. If not, will probably get worse and eventually need a new guage cluster.

My .02¢ worth,

Shaun Kelly,
'94 525ia 54,000mi


: The fuel gauge on my 92 525i sporadically reads very low. Most of the time it seems to be accurate, but 5-10% of the time it reads low. It seems to reset itself when the car is turned off & then back on. When it does read low, the range function on the OBC is affected about 50% of the time. Any suggestions?

: Thanks,

: Tracy



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