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Old 05-03-2013, 09:52 PM   #1 (permalink)
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I've got a fuel economy math problem!

So I had a full tank, drove 310 miles, then decided to go to the other gas station because it's tire pressure machine works better than my usual reliable station. Expensive Chevron gas station, but the fuel pump was terrible. It kept clicking off. I expected this from the old discount gas station I used to use with it's un-calibrated fuel pumps and dangerous neighborhood where I fear getting mugged or car jacked every single time I fill up, but not with expensive Chevron gas. For the record, in the past I didn't buy into that whole fuel quality deal, but after some research, I really do believe there is a difference in fuel quality and additive packages and so on.

So the fuel pump shuts off over and over. I decided to stop out of disgust. I pumped 6.392 gallons, which did not fill the tank.

Then I drove 362 miles, making the total 672 miles. Pumped gas at my usual #5 pump at my usual gas station, and I loved it. I missed it. No clicking off. Just perfect fluid smooth flow. 11.112 gallons.

Now is there any way I can calculate my fuel economy from all of these numbers, using strange magic like algebra or something? Does knowing the full tank capacity of my car, which is 13.2 gallons, helpful at all? Or is it impossible? Lol, this problem should be on a high school math test. Or we should be able to answer it in order to get our eco-modding license in order to do legal eco-mods in the state of California. Hah. I don't like myself.

Total Capacity = 13.2

Fuel Pumped = 17.5

Total Mileage = 672

13.2 - 6.392 = 6.80
13.2 - 11.112 = 2.09

Are these numbers useful/useable?

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Old 05-03-2013, 10:30 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Using the same pump at the same station every time definitely helps, but you'll still have fill variations. Some of it just depends on the fuel tank, how it's shape can change since it's made of a thin-walled material. Also, you can get air pockets in the tank as well--they don't always come out consistantly.

It can be frustrating, but in the end it all comes out in the wash. One tank may look artificially low and another artificially high, but it all averages out.
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Old 05-03-2013, 10:52 PM   #3 (permalink)
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total gallons and total miles driven.

that's it.

When I was taking my many trips from CA to Tex, I would sometimes have to get a couple of gallons when I was running low but knew there was cheaper gAS ahead.
I would just add those gallons to the amount used to fill up. And keep the odometer running.

Total miles driven and total gallons but in the tank.

Fuel Pumped = 17.5

Total Mileage = 672
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Old 05-04-2013, 01:23 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Old 05-04-2013, 01:29 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Miles per gallon

You drove 672 miles on 17.5 gallons

Divide the 672 miles by the 17.5 gallons

672 miles / 17.5 gallons = 38.4 miles/gallons or 38 mpg.

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