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GOT PROBLEMS OR ISSUES? => GENERAL => Topic started by: Kevin on June 08, 2009, 11:09:34

Title: sticky Fuel computer
Post by: Kevin on June 08, 2009, 11:09:34

Hello All,

First post, Has anyone else had their average fuel figure stick, i have a 20L Auto and it's stuck on 9.1 and has been for about two months, and is there a way to reset it.

Regards

Kevin

Title: Re: sticky Fuel computer
Post by: Shambles on June 08, 2009, 11:10:33

Hi Kevin, welcome to the club :)

Can you not just press (and hold) the TRIP button while the 9.1 is showing? Does that not clear it down to 0.0?

Title: Re: sticky Fuel computer
Post by: Kevin on June 08, 2009, 11:57:15

Hello All,

Thanks for the reply, i read the info on another thread, i reset it and went for a quick 10k drive, it started at 55l/100km and finished at 9.3l/100km, thanks for the forum and Shambles for the answer.

Regards

Kevin

Title: Re: sticky Fuel computer
Post by: Dazzler on June 08, 2009, 12:24:33

Hi Kevin,

Welcome to the club..

The reason it stuck on 9.1 is that it is an average figure and the longer you go without resetting the more variation in consumption it takes to make a change happen..

Title: Re: sticky Fuel computer
Post by: Pip on June 08, 2009, 13:40:07

And just to add, all the "trip" type accumulations need to be reset in the same way, individually.  Resetting one won't reset all.

Title: Re: sticky Fuel computer
Post by: Shambles on June 08, 2009, 13:53:42

Quote from: Pip on June 08, 2009, 13:40:07

And just to add, all the "trip" type accumulations need to be reset in the same way, individually.  Resetting one won't reset all.

Except in my case, where a consumption reset also sets my trip back to zero. A big, fat, zero.

Title: Re: sticky Fuel computer
Post by: Duckman on June 08, 2009, 21:22:35

I thought it was hilarious when I first reset mine, it read 154L/100km! Given every 100m or so it halved until it reached 6L/100km, but still, it was funny to read such a poor fuel consumption!

Title: Re: sticky Fuel computer
Post by: Cretaru on August 25, 2009, 11:48:27

how do i know , how do i find out exactly how much fuel i have if i don't have a FUEL COMPUTER

Title: Re: sticky Fuel computer
Post by: Shambles on August 25, 2009, 12:09:18

Quote from: Cretaru on August 25, 2009, 11:48:27

how do i know , how do i find out exactly how much fuel i have if i don't have a FUEL COMPUTER

Hu Cretaru, welcome to the club.

You can never tell EXACTLY how much fuel you have on board. Without a fuel computer you're going to have to rely on the gauge I think.