"cewhite3" wrote: > felixadacatz wrote: > > > > the digital gauge on my avalon dash says i only have 260 > miles left > > when its at full tank. i remember when we first had the car > back in > > 2000? it would say 430miles on the full tank > > Do you mostly drive your Avalon around town? The miles to > empty is calcualted based on the amount of fuel in the tank > and your recent driving histroy. Assuming you do a lot of > stop and go city driving it is possible that your miles to > empty might really be 260 miles on a full tank. For the cars > I've owned with a "miles to empty" indicator, the miles to > empty can actaully increase as you start driving on a long > highway trip, at least until the moving average mileage used > by the computer to calculate the miles to empty matches the > actual mileage. > > Of course, there could be a problem with the tank sensor. > Just comapre the miles to empty reading before and after a > few fill-ups and see if the dleta matches (or least > approximates) the miles actually driven. > > Regards, > > Ed White > > > > > once in a while it would say 430mi but is only seldom > > > > My friends 02? avalon still says 420miles on a full tank on > her > > digital gauge. > > > > is something whent he fuel sending unit on my car? or is > something out > > of place in the fuel tank? > > > > -- > > Posted using the
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the avalon has, avg econ setting, avg mph, and "miles to empty"setting
i understand the econ and avg miles, but the "miles to empty" setting it shouldnt vary, default mpg on the avalon is 26mpg. that means i should have at half a tank around 221 mi left. and full tank
420-440mi. im thinking its the fuel sending unit as spamcatcher said, hopefully someone with the same problem can direct me in the right direction
i went to toyota they were going to charge $80/hr to locate the problem. it means they may take their time "locating".