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Old Aug 12, 2011 | 02:17 AM
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Arrow PLZ: HELP!! 996 doesn't take fuel...veerrryy slow... :( :(

hi guys.
I got my 2001 911 C4, and it's my 1st Porsche and I LOVE IT!!!

PROBLEM #1:
But I noticed that when I drive...the guage that shows FUEL LEVEL most of the time when driving drops to 0 and flashes "ORANGE" (PICTURE #1), and the Center dash that shows Distance till Empty (instead of showing ex: 156mi left) it shows blank --- bars. (PICTURE#2)

When I drive **very very quietly and on PERFECTLY smooth road** the gas guage reads the fuel level accuratly and the console shows how much I got to go till MTY, but when I accelerate....it just goes back to 0 flashing MTY and --- emty bars..

I'm clueless......


PROBLEM #2
When I go to fuel my Porsche, it takes ONLY about 0.02 gallons before the fuel starts to be at the very very tip of the "throat" (I stop pumping) and it SLOoooowly goes does down....

I wait for about 10 seconds till fuel goes down...and then fuel up again another 0.02 gallons...and wait another 10 seconds..

And that's how I fuel my Porsche!
Takes about 30 minutes to fuel up 6 gallons or more!

Please HELP ME find the problem because I KNOW it's not supposed to be like that
 
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Old Aug 12, 2011 | 09:24 AM
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turn the handle of the fuel nozzle to 9 o clock position.

so the gauge is showing you empty after pumping in 6 gallons? if so, your fuel level sensor is failing.
 
Old Aug 12, 2011 | 09:25 AM
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There is a fix for this. Do some searches here, on Rennlist.com, and RennTech.org.

If you become a paid member of Renntech.org, you can download TSB 2015, which explains the problem and the fix.
 

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Old Aug 21, 2011 | 01:57 AM
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It seems all 996 are slow to re-fuel the trick is to rtate the pump
 
Old Aug 21, 2011 | 08:15 AM
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It seems all 996 are slow to re-fuel the trick is to rtate the pump
My 996 has no problem fueling. The OP's description sounds like a classic kinked hose problem for which there is a TSB.
 
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