Blackpearl

I wondering if anybody have instaled some fuel economy gauge (e.g. ScanGuage etc.) on Civic's or other cars and if this improve your MPG.
I checked the forum but I dont find to much information .
There are other devices commercialy available which can show the actual MPG?
Any commment are welcome.

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2k1 Civic LX, Manual Transmission, +66000mi, 36MPG

bamb00

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HUH?

i get 40MPG without a gauge

ramcosca

You mean like the gauges on BMW's, right? (at least the 3-series had it... dunno which else)

wonderz

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yea, those fuel gauges on the 3-series are cool.

and i am only getting 30mph and not 40 :*(

Blackpearl

I don't know how the BMW look like. I just found one at http://www.scangauge.com/
3-series guages? What is it? Probably is to high thec for me.

lxcivic2k1

im happy with my 34 since since it was 27 before the exhaust....wonder what an intake would do.

Blackpearl

40? Hmmm! Any secret?
Realy I cant calculate exactly the MPG because I dont know how much I have in the tank.
After making a full refil I drive until the red light comes up. I filed up and se that I put 13.8 G on it, without owertoping, and the technical specs indicate the tank as 13.2 (if I remember correctly).
I askt the honda dealer/technicians and thei can't say how much is left in the tank when the red light comes up. Strange.

Ser1N

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40? I never heard of 40mpg to our car, max i get is like 32~

redex04

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to figure yput mpg fill up hit ur odometer drive till the gas light comes on or till ur close to emp then fill ur car up till it stops pumping divide how many gallons it took to fill ur car by the miles on ur odometer and u have accurate reading of mpg

xX03EXx

It is a cool gadget, however you can be sure you are getting good mileage if you keep the revs under 3k

ferio

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yeah i think he's talking about the ones from the bmw's. they have a guage that looks like your gas/temp guage.. and the needle points to a number as to what mpg you are in depending on how fast you accelerate and how high your rpm is. it's pretty cool!

mrchowmein

i too get 40mpg easily now. no secret really. just feather the gas pedal and avoid braking. ppl say make your car lighter and dont use ac and on and on. well i use AC and load up the trunk, and i STILL get 40mpg, others do too. its really in how you use that gas pedal and brake pedal. the civic is front heavy so stuff in the trunk help balance the car out a bit so the rear end wont bounce up which cuases a problem with maintaining speed.

but anyways, im kinda interested in seeing mpg gauge in a civic. not sure if its worth the buy tho.

zadscmc

The Fuel Consumption Display (FCD) is standard on the Civic Hybrid, and some believe that giving this instant feedback of fuel consumption make drivers aware of their driving habits and the relation of those habits to fuel economy. I tend to agree with this philosophy, but have no empirical evidence to prove it.

I can muster 60+ mpg, in good weather, on my HCH regularly. My range on my model HCH with the 13.gallon tank, is well over 700 miles. I was able to weather this recent gas price spike by the range of the car and only had to buy one tank when the price was over $3.00.

As for the low fuel warning light, there have been many different discussions about how much fuel is left at that point. On my car, the light will go on once, and then go out with the fuel gauge moving between two bars and three bars.

Once the light has gone on a second time, it ususally means business. I can get about 35 miles on the car when the light is on and ALL the bars on the gauge are out.

Greenhybrid.com, another forum I am a member of, has tips on improving mileage. There are discussions on the Scan Gauge. 7thgen is referenced frequently on that site. You may be able to get some more information searching there.

Good luck!

CuRiOuSfIsH

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I observed the 3-series fuel ecomony guage and I find it a bit useless b/c unless youre cruising, there is no need. When youre doing city driving, the gas pedal is constantly on and off and at diffrent positions

MajinB

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my gf's 99 GTP has a "xxx miles left" gauge. its gay. its never accurate. it tells average mileage too but its also inaccurate. so anyway, if you drive stick, keep the rpms 3k 3.5k most before shifting and you will get 40 mpg like me. there are threads on here that talk about it. search around and good luck.

Blackpearl

HI.
Thank you for advise.
I usualy tray to use low rpm. I shift the gear when I reach 2500. And I tray to use the 5 gear most of the time when is possible but I not exceed 3000 at any time.
Did you mean that is better to keep the rpm at 3000 or 3500? Is this range a more ecomonic one?

gearbox

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secret for better mileage? Check my sig. fp60 alone raised me from 38 to 42mpg.

Blackpearl

Hmm . Is not like any "Fuel injector cleaner" or is octane buster?

gearbox

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its cleaner and also increases potential energy of the fuel for better performance

Dark_Pyro7

I get around 40 mpg when oil is new, but when its getting time for an oil change it goes down around 30-35 mpg.

CuRiOuSfIsH

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well, generally, the owners manual to get best performance and still get good gas milleage, shift at 3000 when normal driving, and 2000 for easy driving..... but even if you shift at those engine speeds but you constantly have to go past half throttle to keep up with traffic it's still using more fuel.

Ed

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the best i've gotten is 45 mpg, i usually get about 39.

slicksivik

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30 mpg when im going fast like 80+, 35 mpg when im driving granny and like no more then 60

Blackpearl

I so at www.autocrossing.com/civic/trips/trip13 that people used the ScanGuage to check out what is the relation between MPG and MPH. As the graph shows http://www.autocrossing.com/civic/tr...13/mpg-mph.gif
the best fueleconomy is around 40 MPH and geting almost 60MPG. Is like a hybrid. I don't know how to trust this data, becouse this depend on so many factors. Most related to driving behaviour, type of fuel used, type of oil used ......).
I wondering what type of oil you guys are using and do you see correlatio between oil type and MPG?

bamb00

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well now you have. search and you will see them a lot more.

MajinB

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i see the correlation but some of it is false. i cruise at 80 and still get 40 mpg. but i have iridium plugs. i believe that helps. i also change my oil every 3-4k. if you only drive 20 miles a day and warm up your car once then you would get worse than someone who drives a little more. gettin your rpms going faster also uses up more gas. i use valvoline oil-5-20. thicker oil means less mileage. mods also are a factor. intake/exhaust can make it better or worse depending on the driver. i get 40 unless i feel like having a lead foot. 60 is normal with a hybrid civic and insight and prius. so yeah. hope that helps

zadscmc

The biggest factor of better mileage performance is driving habits. If you jackrabbit the car to 80 mph (3000+ rpm) you'll get lousy mileage. If you push it to 80 in a more leisurely manner (2000-3000 rpm), you'll get decent mileage. Hard accelerations and hard braking can reduce your mileage by about 30 percent or more, depending on the model and driving conditions.

I believe the CNN Money did an article on this recently.

Here is that article: http://money.cnn.com/2005/09/01/Auto...test/index.htm

blackBDMcivicLX

On my moms Town and Country, up where the temp. is dispayed it has the mpg also and other stuff to go through.

ncirom2003

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small amounts of acetone poured into your tank can increas mpg!

AggressiveAdam

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The Civic Hybrid shows you right on the cluster.