Re: Another OBC Q

[Michiel van Wessem <jmvw@xxxxxxxxx>]

Duh. I just found out I *do* have schematics, in my Bentley manual. I'm
going to check the connection between fuel gauge and obc.

Also forgot to say it's for my 87 325es.

Uh.. sorry.

Michiel 

At 08:14 PM 12/2/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Hello,
>
>To stay with the recent discussion on OBC matters, I thought I'd ask you
>about the goofy behavior of my board computer. 
>
>The Range display is strange. It displays around 73 miles most of the time.
>If I completely reset the OBC, it says something like 200 miles. On a full
>tank of gas, it might indicate 90 miles, but then soon, it will display
>around 73 again. Only when I'm really starting to run out of gas, it'll go
>down. 
>
>I don't have any schematics, so I don't know how this system works, but I
>imagine the computer would multifly the average fuel consumption in MPG by
>the amount of fuel left in gallons. 
>
>The fuel gauge seems to work fine. The current fuel consumption gauge seems
>to work well too, safe for a little bit jittery when standing still. The
>average fuel consumption display seems to work good as well.
>
>What's going on here?
>
>Thank you,
>
>Michiel
>
>

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