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trikkonceptz · 10-11-2009, 11:30 AM

Now admittedly I may not know everything about my scangauge, but I have noticed one fatal flaw in my own unit.

They do not like partial fills. Now I know I cannot do calculations on mpg based on partial fills, but my scangauge goes haywire when I hit the fill up button.

For example, the other day I added 3 gallons of gas to my xD, when I went to hit the fill up button it read 9.78 gallons. Now if you make the manual adjustment it throws off your reading incredibly taking over three full tanks to balance back out.

Am I missing something? Is there a way to keep the scangauge accurate with partial fill ups?

Thanks ..

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trikkonceptz Legend in my own mind Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Homestead, Fl. Posts: 927 Evil Pumpkin - '08 xD RS 1.0 #1633 90 day: 35.45 mpg (US) Silent Silver Killer - '010 Insight EX 90 day: 51.5 mpg (US) Thanks: 2 Thanked 9 Times in 9 Posts	Scangauge and Partial Fills Now admittedly I may not know everything about my scangauge, but I have noticed one fatal flaw in my own unit. They do not like partial fills. Now I know I cannot do calculations on mpg based on partial fills, but my scangauge goes haywire when I hit the fill up button. For example, the other day I added 3 gallons of gas to my xD, when I went to hit the fill up button it read 9.78 gallons. Now if you make the manual adjustment it throws off your reading incredibly taking over three full tanks to balance back out. Am I missing something? Is there a way to keep the scangauge accurate with partial fill ups? Thanks .. (Support Ecomodder.com & get rid of these annoying ads!) __________________ Thx NoCO2; "The biggest FE mod you can make is to adjust the nut behind the wheel" I am a precisional instrument of speed and aeromatics If your knees bent in the opposite direction......what would a chair look like???