Question Fuel miles till empty

cemery

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My new fuel miles until empty indicator does not seem to know that I have a 38 gallon fuel tank. Anyone know how to make it work right. It says 230 miles to empty when full of fuel. At half tank it says 270 mi. to empty,, etc-etc-etc. Works well huh.
 
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DaveBen

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We call those gadgets the Lie-O-Meter. Even when working correctly, they lie. Ford may know, but I have not seen the answer.

Dave :)
 

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I agree, fill my tank full - I mean full, until I can see the fuel in the riser tube. I believe that is 30.5 gallons, I will put in 28 gallans while getting a calculated 15mpg therefore i have about 42.5 more miles to go til E but the calculator will tell me 75.

This is what I believe - it takes what it thinks is your average mpg and determines it that way, not what the screen shows you, but another number stored in the computer. I tested my theory by resetting the economy when I knew I would get worse mielage and my range stayed the same. This tells me it internally calculates and keeps some sort of average number it uses in its calculation.
 

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Yea , at 1/4 tank mine says I can go 250 miles ... heck full it says I can go 700 . Most I have ever went on the buz way was about 450 .
 

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