Topic Sponsor
2015 - 2020 Ford F150 General discussion on the 13th generation Ford F150 truck.
Sponsored by:
Sponsored by:

Fix the inaccurate MPG display in 2 minutes!

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
Old 09-15-2018, 10:51 AM
  #211  
Senior Member
 
acdii's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2012
Posts: 13,828
Received 2,719 Likes on 2,056 Posts

Default

Not only did it correct the tank MPG but lifetime is dead on now as well.
Old 09-15-2018, 05:14 PM
  #212  
Senior Member
 
2018 reg cab's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: Kansas
Posts: 431
Received 135 Likes on 87 Posts

Default

Originally Posted by acdii
Not only did it correct the tank MPG but lifetime is dead on now as well.
My truck also. I have never reset anything except trip one and trip two.
http://www.fuelly.com/car/ford/f-150...cab2018/795041

Last edited by 2018 reg cab; 09-15-2018 at 05:16 PM. Reason: add fuelly link
Old 10-09-2018, 02:59 PM
  #213  
Old Fart
 
remltr's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Mesquite NV
Posts: 2,240
Received 297 Likes on 222 Posts

Default

I just went through the menu three times on my 2018 Platinum and I am not seeing the AFE Bias adjustment listed. It was there on my 2106 Lariat. A great deal of the items have no OK listed so no adjustment is possible for those items. Don't recall if that was the case for the Lariat as I wasn't looking that closely.

Anyone else with a 2018 noticing the same?

I will go through it a fourth time to make sure that I am not blind.
Old 10-09-2018, 06:30 PM
  #214  
Old Fart
 
remltr's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Mesquite NV
Posts: 2,240
Received 297 Likes on 222 Posts

Default

Never mind I found it.
Old 11-05-2018, 06:45 PM
  #215  
Senior Member
iTrader: (1)
 
toledoUPSguy's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: haskins, OH
Posts: 2,049
Received 442 Likes on 329 Posts

Default

Thanks for this but crap, my corrected number for my last 5 fill ups is 905
Old 11-05-2018, 09:17 PM
  #216  
Senior Member
 
Gator9329's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2015
Posts: 122
Received 19 Likes on 15 Posts
Default

Can you guys tell me your routine for getting your hand figured gas mileage. I get the math part, but how are you doing your measurements? do you go until empty then fill up? do you mark a spot on the fuel gauge then fill up?
sorry I feel dumb asking. I just can't imagine how to get an accurate measurement
Thanks
Old 11-05-2018, 09:46 PM
  #217  
Senior Member
 
D2Abbott's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: Denver, CO
Posts: 1,048
Received 335 Likes on 209 Posts
Default

The most accurate way to determine the amount of fuel you use is to fill it until it clicks off..... every time. No chance of guesstimating something in between empty and full.
Old 11-05-2018, 10:04 PM
  #218  
Old Fart
 
remltr's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Mesquite NV
Posts: 2,240
Received 297 Likes on 222 Posts

Default

I don't have specific point of when I fill up, but it is usually in the neighborhood of half a tank.

The only semi-accurate way to do it is record what your hand calculated mileage is over 3 to 4 fill ups. Also record what truck says for each of those fill ups. Take each of those values and add them together.

Say hand calculated says 15.5 mpg, 15.0 mpg, 15.2 mpg and 15.8 mpg. That would total 62. Then say the truck is 17.5, 17, 17.2 and 17.8. That would equal 70.

Divide the hand calculated by the what the truck says. 62 / 70 = .89 Multiply .89 x 1000 = 890

890 is the number you are going to plug in.

Hopefully that is what you were looking for.
Old 11-05-2018, 10:17 PM
  #219  
Senior Member
 
stowaway's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: OBX
Posts: 1,030
Received 268 Likes on 209 Posts
Default

Originally Posted by Gator9329
Can you guys tell me your routine for getting your hand figured gas mileage. I get the math part, but how are you doing your measurements? do you go until empty then fill up? do you mark a spot on the fuel gauge then fill up?
sorry I feel dumb asking. I just can't imagine how to get an accurate measurement
Thanks
Fill any time, note the distance since the last fill-up, divide miles by gallons, there's your number. I use trip 2 and reset it every time, whether I run it down to nearly e or fill at half tank because I crossed the state line and it's 40 cents cheaper a gallon.

I actually stick the miles, gallons, and price in fuelly and let it do everything.
Old 11-06-2018, 05:45 AM
  #220  
Senior Member
 
seventyeight's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2018
Location: NW Penna
Posts: 699
Received 205 Likes on 152 Posts
Default

Adding to what has been said above - being a creature of habit I get gas at the same gas station every time - for the past 25 years....getting gas at the same station while calculating your mileage will help perhaps. I am also in the same position at the same pump every time. Overkill I know.....

fill until it clicks with the nozzle set at the same notch each time. I’ve been in the habit of recording my mileage at every fill up for a very long time. I use fuelly to track my mileage. The more fill ups you calculate the more accurate your average will be. Doing it once or twice really isn’t enough to be accurate.

http://www.fuelly.com/dashboard


Quick Reply: Fix the inaccurate MPG display in 2 minutes!



All times are GMT -4. The time now is 03:06 AM.