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Subject:Re: Calculate fuel consumption when idling?
From:John Bange
Date:Sun, 25 Nov 2007 13:27:09 -0800

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, 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.

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John Bange
'90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger"