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orange4boy · 01-24-2010, 07:42 PM

Thanks for the alert! That's a good point. It may be too late for my Previa but now I know. Luckily, I mostly drive a Prius now except for deliveries.

In a fuel injected engine, don't the injectors stop the second you turn off the ignition? There may still be some un-burnt fuel coming in at the last second though but surely not for the whole spin down.

Can this be observed with the MPGuino or scanguage?

01-24-2010, 07:42 PM	#3 (permalink)
orange4boy Master EcoModder Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: The Wet Coast, Kanuckistan. Posts: 1,275 The Golden Egg - '93 Toyota Previa DX 90 day: 31.91 mpg (US) Chewie - '03 Toyota Prius 90 day: 57 mpg (US) The Spaceship - '00 Honda Insight Thanks: 100 Thanked 306 Times in 178 Posts	Thanks for the alert! That's a good point. It may be too late for my Previa but now I know. Luckily, I mostly drive a Prius now except for deliveries. In a fuel injected engine, don't the injectors stop the second you turn off the ignition? There may still be some un-burnt fuel coming in at the last second though but surely not for the whole spin down. Can this be observed with the MPGuino or scanguage? __________________ Vortex generators are old tech. My new and improved vortex alternators are unstoppable. "It’s easy to explain how rockets work but explaining the aerodynamics of a wing takes a rocket scientist. Last edited by orange4boy; 01-24-2010 at 07:47 PM..