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Old 10-01-2017, 08:22 AM   #19 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by gpfaster View Post
Another question is if the app is measuring pump flow or actual delivery to (at) the injectors.
If you're using an OBD-II plug-in device, it's reading neither.

OBD-II computers estimate fuel consumption from air consumption , so fuel use is a calculation based the stoichiometric air/fuel ratio, engine displacement, RPM, MAP/MAF, open/closed loop status etc.).

So it may not actually know exactly when you're in DFCO. On the ScanGauge, for example, one of the parameters for detecting DFCO is user-settable (throttle position, maybe?).

I find my SG doesn't always report DFCO, or reports it much later than I know it's already happening. On the MPGuino on the other hand, DFCO shows up instantly (because it's directly monitoring fuel injector pulses).
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