A thread about gas
03-08-2013, 04:17 PM
#82
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Location: Jacksonville, FL
Posts: 10,349
With gas prices the way they are, I've just decided that I'm going to run my vehicles on farts. Seems to be the only gas I can afford these days. I can deal with a $65 fill up with premium on the Maxima. But the $150 fill up with 87 on the monster V10 Excursion is killing me. How about we all stop bickering about which gas to use and start figuring out a way to run our cars on the gas God gave us! I'll donate some funds via PayPal to whomever engineers that!
Interesting history about diesel engines. When Rudolph Diesel invented his engine, it was originally designed to run on vegetable oil, not petroleum oil. The **** government wanted him to design it to run on petroleum based fuel, he said no, and Rudolph Diesel mysteriously "disappeared" and his research was stolen afterwards. I remember watching a program on I believe the History channel about it.
My 97 F-250 4wd Powerstroke had the same setup.
03-08-2013, 04:37 PM
#84
It means, I filled my tank completely right when the gas light came on, reset my mileage to zero, drove the car until the gas light came back on again, and saw what the number was at. How does that not make sense?
And I don't care if it's not the proper way to calculate mpg, it's just how I calculate it.
Bucko
And I don't care if it's not the proper way to calculate mpg, it's just how I calculate it.
Bucko
Might only be a small difference, but it's still not accurate. It's fine for rough 'how much mpg do I get' to do it the way you mention, but it is NOT accurate for gauging the difference between 87 and 91 mileage.
Nothing really is, because if you go WOT a few times on one tank and not on another that will destroy the comparison all by itself, lol.
on 02/03? I haven't heard of very many. The 95-01 are infamous for it, mostly the 95-99. But the 02/03 I've only heard of 1 or 2 people, and 1 posted in this thread.
03-08-2013, 05:50 PM
#86
Very true, wish one was in our price range when we were in the market for a new family vehicle. This thing was too good of a deal at the time. We paid $2,600 for our Limited Edition with extra bells and whistles. Remote start, rear DVD and four 7" monitors (with five kids that was the main selling point for us). We average 12mpg in it. Our old V6 van only got about 14-16mpg, so it is what it is. Plus we don't fill that 44 gal tank often.
03-08-2013, 06:31 PM
#87
You don't know that, because your calculation is random, and has no more creditibility then the onboard computer does.
Here. It's actually in the how to stickies, if you want to check later and can't remember how.
I posted this in another fuel thread a long time ago.
The PROPER way to calculate MPG is:
1. Fill tank completely
2. Reset speedo
3. Drive as far as you feel like, doesn't matter much
4. Re-fill your tank completely
5. Record miles driven between #2 and #4
6. Record Gallons you put in tank at #4
7. Divide Mile reading you got at #5 by Gallon reading you got at #6
EXAMPLE:
1. Fill tank completely done
2. Reset speedo 0 miles
3. Drive as far as you feel like, doesn't matter much 200 miles
4. Re-fill your tank completely done
5. Record miles driven between #2 and #4 200 miles
6. Record Gallons you put in tank at #4 8 Gallons
7. Divide Mile reading you got at #5 by Gallon reading you got at #6 200 Miles / 8 Gallons = 25 MPG
This is why these threads fail, no one has a bloody clue how to calculate their mileage, and everyone throws out numbers.
Here. It's actually in the how to stickies, if you want to check later and can't remember how.
I posted this in another fuel thread a long time ago.
The PROPER way to calculate MPG is:
1. Fill tank completely
2. Reset speedo
3. Drive as far as you feel like, doesn't matter much
4. Re-fill your tank completely
5. Record miles driven between #2 and #4
6. Record Gallons you put in tank at #4
7. Divide Mile reading you got at #5 by Gallon reading you got at #6
EXAMPLE:
1. Fill tank completely done
2. Reset speedo 0 miles
3. Drive as far as you feel like, doesn't matter much 200 miles
4. Re-fill your tank completely done
5. Record miles driven between #2 and #4 200 miles
6. Record Gallons you put in tank at #4 8 Gallons
7. Divide Mile reading you got at #5 by Gallon reading you got at #6 200 Miles / 8 Gallons = 25 MPG
This is why these threads fail, no one has a bloody clue how to calculate their mileage, and everyone throws out numbers.
You guys are just too edgy. Gee i sure don't know how to estimate my MPG.
03-08-2013, 09:16 PM
#88
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Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Rollinsford NH
Posts: 413
I wasn't trying to get an exact amount on how many miles per gallon I can get, I was just getting a rough idea. It works good enough for me to notice when I'm getting about 80 miles less per tank in the winter.
03-08-2013, 09:42 PM
#89
You do realize that is exactly what i did? Are you just trolling me? What? You assume i put in x amount of gas manually? I let the pump fill my tank until it automatically shuts off, then i reset my odometer and comeback once my tank is empty, fill it and take the final odometer reading divided by the amount of fuel put in.
You guys are just too edgy. Gee i sure don't know how to estimate my MPG.
You guys are just too edgy. Gee i sure don't know how to estimate my MPG.
03-09-2013, 12:45 AM
#90
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Levittown, NY
Posts: 107
I may as well ask though, what kind of noise am I looking for here bc its already making noise in that area, like a high pitched whine. Almost like it could be a pulley, but it comes and goes. i have 108,xxx. I could make a video if you think you'll recognize it that way but I don't know if its necessary
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03-09-2013, 02:08 AM
#91
Interesting history about diesel engines. When Rudolph Diesel invented his engine, it was originally designed to run on vegetable oil, not petroleum oil. The **** government wanted him to design it to run on petroleum based fuel, he said no, and Rudolph Diesel mysteriously "disappeared" and his research was stolen afterwards. I remember watching a program on I believe the History channel about it.
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