How can I reset a scangaugeII

[johnnymac]

Scangauge thinks I used 18 gallons when I filled up. It was removed from my old vehicle and stuck in a drawer for 6 months. When I filled up it thought I put in 18 gallons. When I corrected it to 9.7 it changed it a bunch of %( I don't remember exactly)I mean drastically like 68%. I have a 99 Escort with a 13 gallon tank and the scangauge says I have 1900 miles til empty. Please help. Also, the SG does not want to come on in the morning, it flickers on and off. In the afternoon when I get out of work it fires right up. ??

Going by my trip meter I went 380.8 miles on 9.7 gallons, I figure I got 39 MPG.

Thanks all

John

[Old Tele man]

...read the paragraphs about "resetting" the unit back to original factory 'vanilla' settings.

[euromodder]

Originally Posted by johnnymac

Scangauge thinks I used 18 gallons when I filled up. It was removed from my old vehicle and stuck in a drawer for 6 months.

It doesn't know what car it's in, so it thinks it's still in the other car .

As Old Tele Man says, reset it to stock first, and then enter the correct engine size in its settings.

You also need to calibrate it a bit after the next fuelings.

Also, the SG does not want to come on in the morning, it flickers on and off. In the afternoon when I get out of work it fires right up. ??

According to the manual, the display doesn't like being too cold or too hot - but the operating range is 0F to 160F.

[johnnymac]

OK, I just moved to a new house and all of my stuff is in the Twilight Zone. I might find it in a week or two or three..

Thanks all

[johnnymac]

Thanks guys. I bought gas yesterday and was getting incredible readings on it so when I got home from the fillup, I saw the default setting on there and reset it. I did not know that was all there is to it. This morning going to work, it seemed a little closer than it was so I think I'll just do a couple of regular fillups and I'll bet it will be OK.
I have been riding a motorcycle since August so when I bought this cream puff escort with 206K I couldn't wait to hook up the gauge and I got in a hurry. Nice car, nice gauge. NICE HEATER. 39 MPG first fillup. A good starting point to start ecomodding.