Well they ya go, another reason to go with a more modern engine in a
vanagon.
Like an OBDII subaru or more modern VW engine , and others too.
And it's very nice to see, in degrees, what temperature the ECU is seeing
the engine at, and all kinds of things.

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Steve@EuroCampers.com
Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 8:58 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: mpg display (was Re: Was: Electric Vanagon? Now really useful
tips..

I have something like this on my '99 EuroVan GLS called the Scanguage.
We sell them on our website.  They won't work on a Vanagon as they
operate off of OBDII.  It does work on most all vehicles 1996 and up.
It gives you mpg, fuel cost per mile and a lot of other functions.  It
gives you added gauges like transmission fluid temp, voltage and other
measurements it can get from your ECU.  It reads faults and resets your
CEL.  You just need to update your Vanagon to OBDII.

Steve
http://EuroCampers.com
636-337-7700
888-797-5994 - order desk
On Feb 17, 2008, at 9:07 PM, Wesley Pegden wrote:

> Something they mention that I've wondered about, is whether it would be
> feasible to install some sort of mpg display in a vanagon, that would
> monitor fuel usage and compare with speed.  I know the times I've
> driven
> cars with a mpg indicator, my mileage improved greatly as a got used to
> what the most efficient way of driving the car was.  I'm sure I'd get
> better mileage in the van with direct feedback.
>
> -Wes
>