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Old 11-11-2009, 11:03 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Blackfly - '98 Geo Metro
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Last 3: 70.09 mpg (US)

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90 day: 54.46 mpg (US)

Even Fancier Metro - '14 Mitsubishi Mirage top spec
90 day: 70.75 mpg (US)

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90 day: 62.14 mpg (US)
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Originally Posted by RobertSmalls View Post
If you really want to calibrate your level sensor voltage vs. volume of fuel in the tank, I don't see any option other than draining the tank, then adding carefully measured amounts of fuel while recording voltage. That's a lot of work, and you might be unimpressed with the accuracy anyway.
krousdb did this - calibrated his fuel level sender's voltage - when he was driving his pre-ODBII del Sol, and he actually managed to get decent accuracy from it. To the point that when parking the car back at home at the end of each day, he was able to make decent estimates of his trip MPG (fairly long trip, though).

It's something I'd do if I didn't have access to either a ScanGauge or MPGuino.
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