Pics of 996 Carerra cluster into Boxster

[Nick-NY]

the resistance values of the floats may be different causing incorrect readings.

[Cloudsurfer]

Thanks for the compliments. The 5510 is great.

I'm going to try topping off the tank tomorrow and pulling the negative terminal to reset and we'll see if that does the trick. If not its off to the stealership.....

Patrick

[Cloudsurfer]

Fuel topped up and DME/Cluster reset. We'll see if this fixes things....


Patrick

[Thumper]

It will be great news if this works! Keep us posted.

[tholyoak]

The fuel gauge is calibrated via the PST as outlined in the factory manual. The oil level gauge isn't calibrated but there is a TSB about changing the sender on newer engines installed in older cars.

Todd

[Cloudsurfer]

I spoke to my dealer today, and their take on the calibration process was that its a real pain in the you know what and that the only adjustment is a +/- 5% adjustment.

This does not sound at all correct to me, so if someone who knows can confirm or disconfirm this I would really appreciate it.

Patrick

[Thumper]

Man, that doesn't sound right. If it only adjusted the reading +/- 5%, then it should read close enough now. Do you have another dealer nearby that you can go to? I'm lucky in that there are 3 large Porsche dealers and RUF within a short drive from my house.

I haven't checked my new cluster to see if the gauge is registering correctly yet, as I am also doing some other mods/hacks at the same time and have yet to reconnect the battery.

I'm not sure how the dealership deals with the "exactly 12 liters" part of the calibration. They must drain the tank and then add "exactly 12 liters". If my fuel gauge is off, I'm going to have RUF do the calibration as they never look at me funny and scratch their head when I ask about something. It's either "no problem", "yes sir" or they give me an explanation as to why it can't be done without making me feel stupid.