TorqFix

Checking fuel gauge sender 2G169 - A5 up to model year 2011, A4 up to model year 2012, rest-of-world vehicles with four-wheel drive, USA vehicles with front-wheel drive/four-wheel drive — AUDI

Checking fuel gauge sender 2G169 - A5 up to model year 2011, A4 up to model year 2012, rest-of-world vehicles with four-wheel drive, USA vehicles with.

Workshop procedure for AUDI — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.

14 steps 36 engine codes

🧭 Before you start

Fits: Audi A5 Cabriolet (8F), Audi A5 (8T, 2007–2016), Audi A4 B8 (8K, 2007–2015)

🔧 Engine codes this applies to

CABACABBCABDCADACAEACAEBCAEDCAKACALACAUACCBACCUACDHACDHBCDNBCDNCCDZACFKACFSACGWCCGXCCHMBCJEBCJEDCJEECMUACNCDCNCECPMACPMBCRECCREDCTDACTUBCUHACUJA

📐 37 workshop diagrams for CABA

Real factory drawings for this job — timing marks, bolt locations and routing. Locked in the free view.

Checking fuel gauge sender 2G169 - A5 up to model year 2011, A4 up to model year 2012, rest-of-world vehicles with four-wheel drive, USA vehicles with front-wheel drive/four-wheel drive — CABA · diagram 1
Checking fuel gauge sender 2G169 - A5 up to model year 2011, A4 up to model year 2012, rest-of-world vehicles with four-wheel drive, USA vehicles with front-wheel drive/four-wheel drive — CABA · diagram 2
Checking fuel gauge sender 2G169 - A5 up to model year 2011, A4 up to model year 2012, rest-of-world vehicles with four-wheel drive, USA vehicles with front-wheel drive/four-wheel drive — CABA · diagram 3
Checking fuel gauge sender 2G169 - A5 up to model year 2011, A4 up to model year 2012, rest-of-world vehicles with four-wheel drive, USA vehicles with front-wheel drive/four-wheel drive — CABA · diagram 4
Checking fuel gauge sender 2G169 - A5 up to model year 2011, A4 up to model year 2012, rest-of-world vehicles with four-wheel drive, USA vehicles with front-wheel drive/four-wheel drive — CABA · diagram 5
Checking fuel gauge sender 2G169 - A5 up to model year 2011, A4 up to model year 2012, rest-of-world vehicles with four-wheel drive, USA vehicles with front-wheel drive/four-wheel drive — CABA · diagram 6
Checking fuel gauge sender 2G169 - A5 up to model year 2011, A4 up to model year 2012, rest-of-world vehicles with four-wheel drive, USA vehicles with front-wheel drive/four-wheel drive — CABA · diagram 7
Checking fuel gauge sender 2G169 - A5 up to model year 2011, A4 up to model year 2012, rest-of-world vehicles with four-wheel drive, USA vehicles with front-wheel drive/four-wheel drive — CABA · diagram 8
+ 29 more diagrams
🔒 37 workshop diagrams for this job Ask about your Audi CABA — free or sign up free to see the drawings

📋 Procedure

  1. Remove rear seat bench General body repairs, interior72Rear seats; Removing and installing seat bench/individual seats.
  2. Unscrew cover for flange (arrows).
  3. Release retainer catch with assembly tool T10118 and unplug electrical connector (2) on flange.
  4. Unplug electrical connector (1) on flange.
  5. To do so, slide catch (1) upwards (arrow A) and press release catch inwards (arrow B).
CABA? Steps differ between engine variants — check this job against your exact car before you commit to it. Check my car — free →
  1. Connect multimeter (resistance test) between contact (1) on connector (A) and contact (2) on connector (B).
  2. Connect multimeter (resistance test) between contact (2) on connector (A) and contact (2) on connector (B).
  3. Connect multimeter (resistance test) between contacts (1) and (2) on connector (A). [Note: In order to test the maximum and minimum values for "“tank full”" and "“tank empty”", remove the fuel gauge sender 2G169, and move the float all the way to its top or bottom position.The following values are obtained with the fuel gauge sender removed, due to the greater travel of the float arm:]
  4. Connect multimeter (resistance test) between contacts (1) and (2).
  5. Connect multimeter (resistance test) between contacts (1) and (3).
  6. Connect multimeter (resistance test) between contacts (2) and (3).
  7. Install fuel gauge sender 2G169.
  8. Install cover for flange .
  9. Install rear seat bench General body repairs, interior72Rear seats; Removing and installing seat bench/individual seats.
Workshop diagrams

Ask TorqFix about your Audi CABA — it answers with the exact sequence for that engine and the workshop drawing for each step. First question is free after a 20-second sign-up, no card.

Ask about your Audi CABA — free → or sign up free to see the drawings

Other AUDI procedures

Who makes these pages, and how

TorqFix was built by a mechanic — after a 2,700 km drive with five roadside repairs that no diagnostic tool could explain.

The figures on this page come from manufacturer workshop documentation and are shown as they are. The page is assembled automatically from that data — it is not written by an AI. The AI works in the chat, where it answers for your specific car. It writes nothing here.

Variants of the same model differ. Cross-check torque against the factory manual for your engine before final tightening.

Seen a figure that does not match your manual? Write to us — we correct it and note when. support@torqfix.com

The story behind TorqFix →

Workshop data on this page last updated 20 Sep 2026.