Madeline Mullen/Ed Lowe wrote:
>
> Fuel gauge not working?  Pretend you don't have one and use the trip
> meter.  At 300 miles I start looking for a diesel filling station.  At
> 350 miles I start squirming like my daughter  needs potty.
>
> Our fuel gauge sticks at the 1/2 point too.  Usually, it frees up after
> some good sloshing, but to me, it is not worth the trouble to fix at
> this time.

I do the same with my non-VW vehicle. I always fill the tank then zero
the trip counter. Then I know I have a safe 200 miles to go.
In my experience (with many vehicles) the fuel gauge is one of the most
unreliable of components and inevitably very expensive to have fixed
because of the diagnosis involved and the inaccesibility of the parts.