[rescue] LCD monitor diagnosis

[Don Y]

Gary wrote:
> On Thu, 27 Apr 2006, Don Y wrote:
>> We track our gas mileage (autos).  Currently, by logging the
>> elapsed miles (disciplining ourselves to reset the trip odometer
>> at each fillup) and the printed receipt from the gas pump
>> (thousandths of gallons).  And, a few seconds of mental arithmetic
>> to divide one into the other.
>>
>> The other day I mused that the car should be able to do this
>> *for* us.  After all, it knows how many miles it has traveled.
>> Just type in the number of gallons consumed (or, with accurate
>> metering of the injectors, let it figure that out as well!).
> 
> Most newer cars have this built in.  My '05 Pathfinder does this exact 
> thing.  You can get a real-time MGP, and the estimated number of miles 
> left until you're out of gas.  It's very handy, especially since I travel 
> a lot.

Yes, I had an old Cougar (86?) that did this as well.  And, the
car in question *could* (as it is MPI) do it but they, no doubt,
left those 3 lines of code out of the ECM to allow them to justify
the increased sale price for the next higher model in the line!  :>