Around 30% more efficiency achieved and going :)

[pletby]

No, his entry has been deleted. The bar graph will remain until he enters a new fill.

[Quezacotl]

Heh, i tested the graph thingy, and forgot it there when something busy came up. Noticed it when i was replying last time.
I will fill today when it's quite empty again, and now i'm gonna calibrate it full tank

[Varn]

Unless there is a typo, why delete a reading?

[JohnAh]

Good driving Quezacotl! There may be something about Finland too... -Some weeks ago I went there (from Sweden) with my family (wife & three kids) in our 1975 Saab 96 V4. There was a 350 km drive in each direction and I set new records both ways. Those old Saab´s may look aerodynamic but their tail is actually a bad design and their high-rev engines are definitely not a concept for low fuel consumption.

Thank´s to a lot up- and downhill driving the roads of Finland gave me great opportunity to "puls & glide". The Saab have a fantastic feature no other cars have - a freewheel in the gearbox that makes P&G easy since I only need to use the clutch when I start from standing still. In my home area the ground is quite flat and the traffic may be quite heavy so I normaly can´t practise P&G that much.

When I first bought the car 1½ years ago I rarely got below 7,5 l/100km and now I rarely get above 7,0. At min Finland roadtrip my lowest consumption was 6,3 with the same average speed I always try to maintain. (about 80km/h)

The Saab´s freewheel sure makes P&G easy but it also makes it a lot more annoying when wanting to shut off the engine while coasting down. (guess this is what "EOC" stands for) -To get the engine started again I have to use the electric starter or to lock the freewheel manually with at tiny knob near the foot pedals...

I guess using the starter after every EOC-cycle will soon eat all money I save on fuel because I have to repair or replace the starter quite often...

My fuel meassurements are based upon filling the tank up so I plan to build my own fuel computer soon. But that´s a completely different discussion that I may start elsewhere at Ecomodder.com. With better and faster results I can learn much more what saves fuel and what doesn´t. -Without needing to wear out my starter...

[Quezacotl]

I really need to install the LED DRLs...
Since i'm using the EOC quite much, half of the distance, the battery wont get charged enough.
I noticed that when i started today, it started good, but everything resets, trip, clock, radio.
Good that my MPGuino did not reset.

[Quezacotl]

Last fillup said that the EOC did work, but now when i filled, it was way different than MPGuino said.
I have done same tactic when i got the 2,9l, but the results decreased.
MPGuino tank average was around 4,5l, but real was 5,66l.

It feels like i've overused the EOC or something.

[turbotomass]

question about pulse and glide driving. I've never tried this technique, but seeing the mpg improvements I'm tempted to start. If I understand correctly you Floor the accelerator to what 70-80 and then put the tranny into N and let it coast to 55 then repeat?

I know that car's will run richer above say 90% throttle. I have a wbo2 and can see this. I use this info to open the throttle as much as possible without going into rich mode during shifting or going up hills.

Knowing this wouldn't a vac. gauge and say at least a rich lean meter be helpful to figure out the most amount of throttle you can go before the mixture goes rich?