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Model specific boards => Golf mk6 => Topic started by: candywhite12 on 15 January 2014, 14:03
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hi all
i filled the car up last night by about half its capacity. However the fuel indicator on my dashboard barely moved when i re-ignited the car and it started to do so gradually after more than half an hour of driving. It didn't reach the level it should have until today when I drove for about an hour. It's the first time this happens to me.
Could slow indicator response be due to bad/messed-up fuel or should I be looking at car fault?
thanks
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i have this problem, and it seems to be only now and again.
the first time it happend i went back into the station as i thought the pump was faultly. Put in another tenners worth and gauge came good.
it happens to me about once a month but gauge always catches up after about 15 minutes driving!
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i have this problem, and it seems to be only now and again.
the first time it happend i went back into the station as i thought the pump was faultly. Put in another tenners worth and gauge came good.
it happens to me about once a month but gauge always catches up after about 15 minutes driving!
without knowing too much about how bad fuel may mess up the gauge, my initial thought was that if fuel is mixed with water (which however illegal seems to be a practice of some petrol stations here) then the gauge takes time to read the level of fuel since petrol and water are split in the tank - i guess one is heavier than the other. Don't know if this is the case though
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Had a similar thing with my old MK III Gti, after a bit of digging around I found that it was due to leaving the ign key in the ign whilst filling with fuel!!! It was actually mentioned in the owners manual :embarrassed:
Having said that, I know I've done both with the GTD (ign key in and out) and the gauge reads true after a minute or two.