MPG til Empty Gauge...

KC_Valentine

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Mine is going crazy.. Some days it is just fine, but then it goes like from 250mpg til empty to 285 til empty, then I park it for a bit and when i leave it drops to something crazy like 180 mpg to empty... no clue wtf is going on, anyone heard of this before?
 
Do you reset your fuel economy when you fill up? Fuel econ is an avg based on fuel consumption VS RPM and milage logged by the computer. For example, if you do not reset your fuel econemy for, let say, 3 to 4 tanks of gas, the data logged for mpg and miles to empty is not be affected as greatly when you get on it. If you fill up and reset your fuel econ then get on it you will see your mpg computed very low which also makes your miles to empty quictly go down. Now, for example, there is a cop on your A$$ and you cruise at the speed limit for a while --- you will see your mpg and miles to empty increase. This does not mean your getting better gas milage. It just means the computer has more off the throtle info to work with than when you were hot rodding around or passing a load of slow traffic (most are slow in comparison to the LS).
 
Nah I know how it all is supposed to work, I haven't reset it for about 6 tanks now, running at a 18.2 mpg average *was until last tank*, and now in a 5 mile distance it can vary from 120 to 190 mpg to empty, either up or down... driving me nuts.
 
I miss wrote that... i just was talking about the miles to empty gauge.... it varys a lot all of a sudden
 

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