Is it just me, or is this thing pretty inaccurate? I've been consistently getting ~368 miles to a tank in the city, but the DIC has shown my MPG as being anywhere from the high 20's to mid 23. I almost never take it on the highway, but today I did when I drove back home (110 miles). The weird thing about the highway mileage was that it never made it over 26.7 MPG. Is anybody else's off this much? I think I may switch the filter with a K&N drop in to see if that does anything.
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well it calculates the mpg in real time depending on how fast you're going and how much of a distance you're covering.
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Yea, I know how it does it because my Grand Prix had the same deal. However, the GP's were notorious for being incorrect because simply pushing the pedal down a little too much would drop half a gallon of fuel efficiency; but, they also had a meter to tell you how many gallons you had used, so you could just calculate it that way. Since the DIC on my G6 seems to operate the same way on the MPG, I'm starting to think it's just as inaccurate.
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Re: DIC MPG
Originally posted by injendsmIs it just me, or is this thing pretty inaccurate? I've been consistently getting ~368 miles to a tank in the city, but the DIC has shown my MPG as being anywhere from the high 20's to mid 23. I almost never take it on the highway, but today I did when I drove back home (110 miles). The weird thing about the highway mileage was that it never made it over 26.7 MPG. Is anybody else's off this much? I think I may switch the filter with a K&N drop in to see if that does anything.Originally posted by TLS2000They cleaned my thing out
rip pbm 04 gto 7/7/09
1999 chevy s 10 xtreme
2007 honda vtx1300
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Re: DIC MPG
Originally posted by keith87Originally posted by injendsmIs it just me, or is this thing pretty inaccurate? I've been consistently getting ~368 miles to a tank in the city, but the DIC has shown my MPG as being anywhere from the high 20's to mid 23. I almost never take it on the highway, but today I did when I drove back home (110 miles). The weird thing about the highway mileage was that it never made it over 26.7 MPG. Is anybody else's off this much? I think I may switch the filter with a K&N drop in to see if that does anything.
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Originally posted by Blackrideror... Just don't over oil the filter. I've been running K&N in my cars for years and I've yet to have an issue. Its a good idea to clean off you MAF with a Q-tip every time you clean you filter.Originally posted by TLS2000They cleaned my thing out
rip pbm 04 gto 7/7/09
1999 chevy s 10 xtreme
2007 honda vtx1300
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mine constantly says around 24-25mpg.
when i get gas though, say 13 gallons, and divide the number of miles driven by 13, i get a lower number than what the DIC says for mpg.
am i doing this wrong or something? the mpg is an average over from the time its reset to the time you take the reading right?
its ALWAYS high at least 2mi-Lucy-
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