Fuel tank has never been touched in the 8 years I've had the car. I am aware of the issues experienced if the fuel pump has been replaced...
Mine has always suffered from the classic 'park on a road with camber' situation where you park the car and have 50-60 miles range left. Come back to the car later in the evening and I now appear to have 0 miles range lol. This also occurred on my previous A8.
I've taken the fuel level down to almost nothing in the past and previously managed a glorious 18 miles (with 0 miles range indicated) when hunting for a petrol station at 01:00 in and around the Crewkerne area in Somerset. I can only assume with my recent problems that the float got stuck somehow. Anyway, lesson learned. I'll be modifying my behaviour from now on and will keep the tank full.
£10 of five star (as I refer to it) was plonked in the tank and she started first time.
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2010 B8 S5 Sportback quattro 3.0 Supercharged in Sprint Blue (current girlfriend)
2000 D2 A8L quattro 4.2 in Audi silver (my ex-girlfriend)
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