Date:         Sun, 25 Nov 2007 15:03:10 -0800
Reply-To:     Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Calculate fuel consumption when idling?
Comments: To: John Bange <jbange@GMAIL.COM>
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On 11/25/2007 1:27 PM John Bange wrote:

> I somehow suspect you're messing with me here. But I'll bite: the ECU
>> works to keep the O2 sensor happy, which means that the mixture is close
>> to stoichiometric, meaning roughly 1:15 fuel to air mass ratio; and the
>> duty cycle needed to accomplish this is irrelevant.
>
>
> Irrelevant, but I still think you should calculate it. Fuel pressure and
> injector flow rate are relatively constant, so it should be a simple matter
> to calculate the average duty cycle on the injectors, right?

Yeah but don't care. I just want to know how much fuel my engine will
consume per hour, idling.

> Yeah, I'm mostly just yankin' your chain. I'm fiddling with a fuel
> consumption calculator device and I'm too lazy to look up the flow rate on
> the injectors. I think you should do it for me.

The calculating portion of my brain (see "tiny") is tired.

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Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
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