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Test more (accurately!), using a bigger sample...less error! 120-130

Moloko;

I totally agree with Joe...the guages are typically pretty nonlinear, so I wouldn't make any calculations based on only a small amount of movement from one...it's just too small of a sample (and not not very accurate) to try to scale up...to get a more accurate mileage, record mileage for a couple of tankfulls.

There are some vane type flow meters used in modern cars which are accurate at measuring the instantaneous flow, but it would be a bit of an engineering project to build them into your amazon...and you'd need an equally accurate speedo for a mileage calculation...

Cheers






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