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Old 12-24-2009, 05:21 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Good going, gasstingy!!

To get the SG to read EOC:

The ScanGauge has an "Engine Type" setting.
Set it to "Hybrid".
Then it will continue to clock miles - but the ignition has to be on.
You have to do as gasstingy wrote, and turn the key back to on without letting the engine start.

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Old 12-24-2009, 05:53 PM   #12 (permalink)
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When I used to EOC in a 5 speed MT Saturn, my speedometer/odometer did not register mph / distance traveled while the key was off (one notch short of locking the steering wheel. I changed the way I did it to turning the engine off and then putting the key back to run. THEN, the speedometer and odometer would continue to register.
Good catch. I forgot to mention that I do the same. That's another reason for doing an engine kill-switch. If you don't have to turn the key, the car's odo and speedo will continue to register.

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Old 12-25-2009, 06:02 AM   #13 (permalink)
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yeah, the odometer (including the trip odo) and spedo work work with the engine off, it's just the mpg calculators don't...which is kinda too bad
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Old 12-25-2009, 09:38 PM   #14 (permalink)
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The mpg calculators do work it's just that they don't compute untill the engine is turned back on. If you check your avg mpg calculator and then turn the engine off for an EOC, when you bump start it back on at the bottom of the hill the avg mpg will jump up. At least on the '08 XFE thats how it works.

Also I have noticed that my avg mpg calculator is pretty accurate, it usualy registers within 0.5 mpg below to 1.0 mpg above what my first click tank math comes out to and I always use the same station and same pump to do my fillups.

80% of the time I can figure my tank math will come out to be about 0.4 mpg less then what my onboard calculator comes up with.
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Old 12-26-2009, 01:38 PM   #15 (permalink)
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The mpg calculators do work it's just that they don't compute untill the engine is turned back on. If you check your avg mpg calculator and then turn the engine off for an EOC, when you bump start it back on at the bottom of the hill the avg mpg will jump up. At least on the '08 XFE thats how it works.
you're right; I tried it during a long EOC this morning and the mpg average did jump up when I bump started again....cool!
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