OT: Passat fuel gauge

[type53 at gmail.com (Drew Mac)]

On 3/30/07, DYWong <sailingfc@dslextreme.com> wrote:

> 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?

On later models you can recalibrate the fuel guage - there's a
procedure that involves draining the tank, filling up with a precise
amount of fuel, and then calibrating the fuel guage  with VAG-COM.
Might apply to your 96 Passat.

Drew

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