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Old 03-25-2013, 02:45 PM   #5 (permalink)
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You first fill up and reset the scangauge. Then you run a tank of gas through. The scangauge will show you've used X gallons of gas, you correct that amount by what you've actually put in. The scangauge uses that new setting as a 'correction factor' of sorts. The longer you go between calibrations, the more accurate you'll get. Most people just do an entire tank full of gas.
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