Overfueling question?

[amazak 3]

Now I know Vr's are very thirsty cars, but I think mine is a bit more than others, for example I filled up last night for £46, drove to work and back, 8miles return (50% traffic) and this is where the fuel guage sits. The car was parked on a straight surface whilst picture was taken and was the needle was at the full mark last night, after this picture was taken I drove the car a further 2 miles and now the guage is dead centre of the last quarter, when I first got it it used to do around 180 miles on the tank, but the last tank only gave me 120 miles whilst driving conservatively . Do you think it might be overfueling, any other symtoms to look for?

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[Phat VR6 3]

:@ aint i told you what to change?? Ask killokilla, send him a PM

[amazak 3]

I think you did, but wanted to check with others if this might be considered as abnormal before replacing the sensor, do you know how much they cost?

Thanks again........

[Stoo the worm 0]

so which sensor would that be, as i think mine is a bit thirsty at the moment too

[amazak 3]

Apparently there are two on the thermostat, one controls the temp guage, the other is the temp sender to the ecu which is the one to replace, Phat VR6 recomended that you unplug one at a time to see which one is correct as if you disconnect the one to the temp guage you won't get a reading................

[amazak 3]

I think it might be this one, someone please correct me if I am wrong........also they are £7,50 from GSF.

The sensor for the dash would be the brown one.

The sensor for the ECU is the blue one

The A/C is the yellow one

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[amazak 3]

Perfect thread here.... http://forums.fourtitude.com/zerothread?id=3531270

[Phat VR6 3]

Its not the brown one. Thats for cars with aircon. VRs without aircon only have the blue and yellow one. At a guess (its only a guess its the yellow one you need to change) as its got more wires going to it so thats problay the one that talks to the ECU

[UnitedMotorsport 55]

The Blue sensor is the one the ECU reads the water temperature from

The Brown one is only fitted to aircon vehicles.

The yellow one is the sender for the temperatre gauge in the dash cluster. it also has a switch in it to control the electric water pump. (this sensor is now black/blue when bought new from VW)

So if ANY of them is causing an over fueling problem it'll be the Blue one.

[ventovr6essex1 0]

blue senser is coolent sensor pull it off and see if it has any affect you should here the engine note change . my car is non ac and has 3 sensors have a look at this as ive been chasing a fault on my new car for a couple of weeks now http://www.vr6oc.com/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?208059.0