Odd High Speed fluel gauge
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2003 4:17 pm
Hi everyone,
I have been reading your post for quite a time and am very much enjoying them, Thanks for all the good post...
Here is my little anecdote, it appended about a month ago.
I was droving from Switzerland to St-Tropez via Italy. No traffic on the Italian highway, so I pushed the pedal to the metal! (RS4 mod. stage II, no speed lim) From Aosta to Genova my speed never went below 220 and very often over 300km/h. [img]images/graemlins/FIREdevil.gif[/img]
As expected you could almost see the gasoline gauge drop...
Very soon the reserve light came the on. Seconds after, I passed a sign telling that the next two gasoline stations where 5km and 35km away. The on-board computer was showing about 50km remaining. So, no problem I'll go to the second one. Well, wrong… The engine turned off 2km after the reserve light, due to not a drop of gasoline left... [img]images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]
I was at 305km/h... no more power steering, no more assisted braking. I managed to glide the car the remaining 2km to the pump, the car went to stop exactly in front of the pump. [img]images/graemlins/clap.gif[/img] What a luck not even needed to push it. The job of exiting the highway was so hard. The steering wheel was like a stone. To get to the pump I had to take two curves (Right then quick left) at over 100km/h. I nearly didn't manage it. It was so hard to hold-on to the wheel to take the curve. After filling the tank, (now I know that mine has 61.65liters) I continued my way to France putting gasoline just before hitting the reserve.
The fuel gauge seems to have worked in a very weird way when I am at full speed for a very long drive. This could have turned out quite bad. (Stopping an RS4 that's going at 300km/h with the engine off is hell) My on-board computer is usually right on the money (Slow Swiss driving) so I trusted I had 50km left when in fact it was more like 2km [img]images/graemlins/033102bad_1_prv.gif[/img]
So for all of you speeder, look at your fuel level.
Did this ever happen to any of you?
I have been reading your post for quite a time and am very much enjoying them, Thanks for all the good post...
Here is my little anecdote, it appended about a month ago.
I was droving from Switzerland to St-Tropez via Italy. No traffic on the Italian highway, so I pushed the pedal to the metal! (RS4 mod. stage II, no speed lim) From Aosta to Genova my speed never went below 220 and very often over 300km/h. [img]images/graemlins/FIREdevil.gif[/img]
As expected you could almost see the gasoline gauge drop...
Very soon the reserve light came the on. Seconds after, I passed a sign telling that the next two gasoline stations where 5km and 35km away. The on-board computer was showing about 50km remaining. So, no problem I'll go to the second one. Well, wrong… The engine turned off 2km after the reserve light, due to not a drop of gasoline left... [img]images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]
I was at 305km/h... no more power steering, no more assisted braking. I managed to glide the car the remaining 2km to the pump, the car went to stop exactly in front of the pump. [img]images/graemlins/clap.gif[/img] What a luck not even needed to push it. The job of exiting the highway was so hard. The steering wheel was like a stone. To get to the pump I had to take two curves (Right then quick left) at over 100km/h. I nearly didn't manage it. It was so hard to hold-on to the wheel to take the curve. After filling the tank, (now I know that mine has 61.65liters) I continued my way to France putting gasoline just before hitting the reserve.
The fuel gauge seems to have worked in a very weird way when I am at full speed for a very long drive. This could have turned out quite bad. (Stopping an RS4 that's going at 300km/h with the engine off is hell) My on-board computer is usually right on the money (Slow Swiss driving) so I trusted I had 50km left when in fact it was more like 2km [img]images/graemlins/033102bad_1_prv.gif[/img]
So for all of you speeder, look at your fuel level.
Did this ever happen to any of you?