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Old 10-01-2008, 06:21 PM
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Curtludwig,
Thanks for the correction I remember reading that somewhere on here but you seem to know whats right here. I'll take your word for it .

So fuel filters and vent cap on the to-do list, so I take it the tank vent isn't in the cap, but somewhere else on the tank?

I will work on hooking up a much more accurate odometer I mentioned earlier to get a better MPH reading, I want to make this a science I'll post pictures as I said earlier for you guys to check out.

That said, who has a good method of knowing where your fuel level is. I have been using the top up to the filler cap method to know where it is full, but is there a way other than dipping the tank to find out how low the fuel is? I don't know if I want to rely on the gauge for that too much. For precisions sake I could just go ahead and hook up to a different fuel tank?

So with the digital odometer and a good way of measuring fuel levels we can start making real measurements . This way we can narrow down what actually affects fuel mileage, I'd like to contribute this "project" to the forum so if anyone has tips I'd be happy to try it and post the results.

Should make the mythbusters proud to say the least...
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