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Old 05-19-2013, 12:10 AM   #8 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by 2000mc View Post
It didn't make sense to me either, but does it make more sense that warm air increased his engines efficiency by almost 10%?
Well there is quite a margin for error in the testing methods used of course. 2mpg is a very rough guess based on an A-B rather than A-B-A. What I gather from mcrews' info is that it seems to be making a noticeable difference in his fuel economy based on instrumentation.

What you seem to be saying is that you felt it was throwing your scan gauge off somehow? Did you come up with a theory as to why it might have skewed the numbers?
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