Forum: Tweaks, Mods & Projects
11-17-2013, 01:20 PM
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Re: Utilizing your ScanGauge
I don't know for sure, but their other accumulators, related to mileage anyway, keep the data in multiple ways. If it does, you would have the options of current trip, today, yesterday, and tank. ...
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Forum: Tweaks, Mods & Projects
11-11-2013, 02:00 AM
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Re: Utilizing your ScanGauge
It was fairly common to have two temperature sensors, one to run the engine and one for the gauge, at least it used to be. The wiring diagram should show two sensors if it has them.
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Forum: Tweaks, Mods & Projects
10-15-2013, 07:32 PM
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Re: Utilizing your ScanGauge
If you have a drain plug you are a lucky one, ours is just a plain steel pan. Is you pan steel or aluminum?
edit-I just did a bit or reading and looked at some pix. Couldn't find which have or...
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Forum: Tweaks, Mods & Projects
10-15-2013, 01:25 PM
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Re: Utilizing your ScanGauge
There is a filter in the 4L80E, and it is the "old" style fabric mat type that sits in the fluid (most newer styles have a metal mess screen filter located at the entrance to the valve body and don't...
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Forum: Tweaks, Mods & Projects
10-14-2013, 11:13 PM
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Replies: 37
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Re: Utilizing your ScanGauge
yep, same one we have with the 6.0 gasser. Most transmission folks, and GM, are recommending changing the fluid in all the older transmissions that came with Dexron 3-4 etc to Dexron 6 synthetic. I...
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Forum: Tweaks, Mods & Projects
10-14-2013, 08:33 PM
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Replies: 37
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Re: Utilizing your ScanGauge
I just put one of the trip averages in as an X gauge, also. Very easy. I just did current trip average. I display rmp, instantaneous mileage, trans temp, and now current trip average mileage. I...
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Forum: Tweaks, Mods & Projects
10-14-2013, 01:06 AM
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Replies: 37
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Re: Utilizing your ScanGauge
It goes on with full instructions. There are 9 trip functions to choose from that can pull from 4 trips.
For example, according to the manual I can get "Average Fuel Economy" from the "TANK Trip"...
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Forum: Tweaks, Mods & Projects
10-14-2013, 12:07 AM
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Re: Utilizing your ScanGauge
I didn't even know there is a firmware upgrade :mrgreen: I think ours is a little newer, about 4 years old. One of the oddities of the Scangauge is that you can't display the average mileage on...
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Forum: Tweaks, Mods & Projects
10-13-2013, 09:01 PM
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Re: Utilizing your ScanGauge
I agree.
My question would be what folks are using the Scangauge for? I know many, me included, bought them primarily because it allowed reading the transmission temperature without adding a...
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Forum: Tweaks, Mods & Projects
10-13-2013, 01:57 AM
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Re: Utilizing your ScanGauge
I first noticed what I thought was the better mileage in hills about 4 years ago, and just assumed it was calculation error or setting error on the Scangauge. We go 21 mpg on a very hilly stretch of...
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Forum: Tweaks, Mods & Projects
09-28-2013, 06:46 PM
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Utilizing your ScanGauge
I like the idea of a Scangauge thread. The more I have messed with it, the more I figure I don't totally understand some of the way it works, or why they did things the way they did. We may not...
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