Hi all,

The other day I ground to a halt (on a busy motorway junction) with 100 miles left on the fuel gauge and none in the tank, and after filling the tank and driving another 100ish miles the tank is indicating full, the level hasn't moved leading me to believe it has a fuel gauge sender issue.

It's always been accurate but after the recent spell of hot weather the gauge has stopped working.

Would anyone be able to advise the correct part number so I can research replacements? Or let me know if there's an online resource where I can do it myself?

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Sorry for the mishap.

The fuel level and sender unit are together in the "cradle" inside the tank.

https://www.lllparts.co.uk/catalogs/skoda/CZ/SUP/851/2/201/201040

However it is tricky it has reset to 'full' and does not move ... my money is indeed on the sender/level, but also try the connectors, do not know if it shows on diagnostics.

Is urs AWD?

If so, it's a known issue due to the split tank design, to cater for the AWD drivetrain tunnel.

As a result, u run out of fuel, despite there being fuel in the tank.

Something to do with how it transfers fuel between the split tanks.

Edited 15 July15 Jul by JR RS

Thanks for the replies so far.

It is a 4wd so will have a saddle tank, I notice from the diagrams it also has two floats, I wonder if they both feed the gauge or of one just triggers the transfer pump…?

Bit of an update.

Got my hands on a VCDS cable.

Managed to get my road signs activated & change my throttle pedal to Audi to make it work so the car goes forward when you press it, cleared all the codes from where the battery went flat & did a couple of other bits.

Then turned my attention to the fuel tank.

Here’s what the gauges were reading beforehand.

Got the RHS side tank open, realised it was fuller than I thought and quickly sealed it up again while petrol ****ed all over the driveway.

That resulted in another code which I cleared.

So with no other option I hooked everything up again and gave both pumps a good wallop with a rubber mallet.

That resulted in this:

I don’t know if that’s freed something off, gauge is still reading full but I’ll see if it moves at all next time I use the car.