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Wed 16 Dec 2009

First Trip using ScanGauge

Posted by Jim Bradbury under cars , fuel economy , scangauge
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I went out today and did a little shopping. I went to Kohl’s and got two shirts and two ties to wear at Christmas. I then went to Target and got a pair of slacks. My trip totalled about 26 miles. Here’s a photo of my ScanGauge at the end of my journey.

ScanGauge abbreviations:

MPG – instantaneous miles-per-gallon
AVG – average miles-per-gallon
TPS – throttle-position-setting – with my foot off the gas, it reads “16″
GPH – gallons-per-hour

Wed 16 Dec 2009

MPG Before ScanGauge

Posted by Jim Bradbury under cars , computers , fuel economy , scangauge
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Here is my MPG for the last 1,286 miles on my 2005 Sienna before installing the ScanGauge yesterday.

Tue 15 Dec 2009

ScanGauge II

Posted by Jim Bradbury under cars , computers , fuel economy , scangauge
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Horray! My ScanGauge II came today from Amazon. I connected up the cable, set the ScanGauge on the dash, turned on the ignition. This all took less than a minute. Then I entered the engine-size: 3.3 liter, Fuel-Tank-Size: 20 gallons, and set the type fuel to “Gas”. Then before hitting the road, I use my ball-point pen with the point retracted to push the cable behind the weather-stripping along the door jam. Then I headed to the gas station where I filled the tank just until the gas pump clicked off. Then I went to Home > More > Fillup and entered the fuel cost/gal: $2.38 (2.379). When I got home I gathered up the extra cable and zip-tied it together under the dash to complete the installation.