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RE: Gas mileage/ '90/200 QT



At 12:15 AM 5/31/96 -0700, you wrote:
>Be careful when using the computer readout for MPG's... they are not 
>always (or often?) reliable, e.g. our '86 5kS reads ~50% high... "gee, 
>we're git'n 42 miles per gallon!!  Must be runnin' a bit lean!"  Figure 
>your mileage the old-fashioned way - miles driven / gallons used - over 
>three tanks or so, and see if maybe your actual MPG's aren't better than 
>the 13-14 the comp. reports.
>
>BTW, is there any way to calibrate the computer so that it reads 
>something close to reality?

A slide switch on the back of the instrument cluster allows a +/-8%
adjustment ( for 50% you're SOL )

Alan