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Old 05-01-2013, 04:36 PM   #22 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by PaleMelanesian View Post
Yes. It's because it doesn't know about lean burn. It cannot, because the car's OBD-II port doesn't say anything about it. Any OBD gauge will have that problem.
Specifically, from what I have read on here, the gauge only knows how much air your engine is using, not fuel. Without knowing the engine's current ratio, it cannot correctly estimate.
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