z1huggy Posted March 19, 2009 Report Share Posted March 19, 2009 Hiyas, curious about what everyones DTE shows when filling up. Noticed mine dropped from around 265ish to the 230 range with driving habits staying the same. Would going back to the stock airbox and tune make it revert back to the usual range? interested as I am heading to Germany/Austria/Italy and will have the stock tune and airbox for the trip. cheers Z Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mustang5 Posted March 19, 2009 Report Share Posted March 19, 2009 A side note to this is how full are you able to get your fuel tank. This is the only car I have ever owned that the fuel needle doesn't go well beyond the Full mark after I am done gassing up. Just yesterday I went to put gas in my car. The fuel pump clicked off as usual and I tried to squeeze a little more in like I normally would and it took about another tenth. Then I decided to put it in ever so slowly and believe it or not I was able to get 1.2 additional gallons into the tank. The needle for the first time went just past the Full mark. Why are these things so difficult to put gas in. Any way, the DTG is dependant on how much gas you get in the tank, not just your mpg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aonebadbone Posted March 20, 2009 Report Share Posted March 20, 2009 I dont know about the mileage you are getting but it is a good idea to keep the stock air box just in case. Now filling up you're car with gas NEVER add more gas after the valve shuts off you will damage the emission canister that is in the back of the car It is supposed to filter the vapor but if you fill you're tank than gas has a tendency to get in there and that isn't good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtss Posted March 20, 2009 Report Share Posted March 20, 2009 use the DTE as a general guide only the DTE calculation is done based on the previous 800km (500miles) of driving so i.e if the weather is cool, you were playing with a heavy foot, at teh track etc your average fuel economy drops then the computer calculates how far you should be able to travel based on that average fuel economy if you were to go for your trip, drive conservatively and keep your foot out of it. theoretically you could watch the DTE increase while you are driving the car hope it helps gtss p.s. I don';t actually know what mine shows as there is still too much f#$*$#@ snow here to get it out and really drive it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
z1huggy Posted March 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2009 should be interesting what kind of mileage I get on the autobahn and throughout france/austria/italy. think most of the motorway speedlimits are 80mph with Germany being the exception once you get away from the metro areas. I was just surprised to see from a fill up to the next it dropped so drastically. Though I may have been not paying toooooo close attention to it. I still see it as smiles per gallon ! cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skiph Posted March 22, 2009 Report Share Posted March 22, 2009 Hiyas, curious about what everyones DTE shows when filling up. Noticed mine dropped from around 265ish to the 230 range with driving habits staying the same. Would going back to the stock airbox and tune make it revert back to the usual range? interested as I am heading to Germany/Austria/Italy and will have the stock tune and airbox for the trip. cheers Z Depending on what mods you have done to your car, I'm sure going back to a stock tune and airbox will give you more MPG. More air via a CAI upgrade and tune, also puts more gas in there with the more air you're pulling in. So, less MPG. Just finished doing the CAI and tune for mine yesterday, so will be curious how it effects MPG on a long trip I did before where I squeezed out an impossible sounding 22 MPG. Best MPG seemed to be when I was doing about 70 MPH. Plan to make the same trip this year, and expect it to eat more gas per mile on the trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mswaim Posted March 22, 2009 Report Share Posted March 22, 2009 Depending on what mods you have done to your car, I'm sure going back to a stock tune and airbox will give you more MPG. More air via a CAI upgrade and tune, also puts more gas in there with the more air you're pulling in. So, less MPG. Just finished doing the CAI and tune for mine yesterday, so will be curious how it effects MPG on a long trip I did before where I squeezed out an impossible sounding 22 MPG. Best MPG seemed to be when I was doing about 70 MPH. Plan to make the same trip this year, and expect it to eat more gas per mile on the trip. My daily commute is 120 miles round trip, with a CAI, axle back and a tune I clock 20.8 mpg although I know I could do better if I could keep my foot out of it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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