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Honda Civic GX Driving Tips & Tricks
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Last post on Jan 29, 2007 at 6:56 PM
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Honda Civic, Alternative Fuels, Hybrid Cars, Fuel Efficiency (MPG), Hatchback
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Re: Scanguage [londnr]
by gonzalju
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Jan 24, 2007 (7:02 pm)
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Replying to: londnr (Jan 24, 2007 3:45 pm)
When you performed the originaal set up for the type of fuel, did you input gas or LPG?
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Re: Scanguage [gonzalju]
by londnr
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Jan 25, 2007 (9:29 am)
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Replying to: gonzalju (Jan 24, 2007 7:02 pm)
I haven't bought or used a scangauge, I am still considering it. I would be interested to hear of anyone's experience though.
As for what fuel type to select, I couldn't tell you, but the folks at Scangauge seem friendly enough and I am sure they will give you an answer.
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Re: Scanguage [londnr]
by gonzalju
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Jan 29, 2007 (6:56 pm)
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Replying to: londnr (Jan 25, 2007 9:29 am)
I own a scangauge which I use on my 2005 CNG Civic. So far I am very satisfied with this product. You can scan the car's computer for fault codes, retrieve a lot of very useful information from multiple screens and use it as a trip computer. I have been able to diagnose what is causing the check engine on my car to light on and what sensor needed replacement. The one thing is not reliable enough for a CNG vehicle is any calculation that requires precise energy content information or tank measurements. Regarding energy content I was told to use the LPG option as it is the closest to CNG. That did not work and I was getting huge variations on the MPG calculations. When I tried using gas it did work much better. My guess is that by compressing KGs of NG at 3600PSI in a 8 gallon tank Honda has been able to be very close to the energy content of a gallon of regular gas (GGE). Pass this you still need to get accurate and consistent fillings which in my experience is hard to do. Once I calibrated the unit with the best filled(low temperature,etc) the multiple calculations are accurate. The only exception is any calculation that is using information from the tank: gas left, miles left, etc. These calculations will vary depending on how complete was the filled. For that reason I would never rely solely on the scangauge to decide when to fill (CNG only). Besides that I am very happy with the unit.
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