MTE Display
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If you guys are serious about tank size, you can't let the gauge issue dictate your decision.
The larger tank is so much more convenient then the inconvenience of the gauge.
And I'm sure we'll soon hear form those that have done it, maybe it is not off all the time. With my previous truck the gauge was only wrong for the first half.
Just use the "fuel used" display.
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I don't think it's real *concern*, but I personally have not considered a new Titan tank because I like the functionality of MTE, MPG, low fuel, etc. Even if they're not perfect estimations, I'd rather not have to do math in my head every time I look at the dash 
I don't mind stopping more often to compensate for the 26-gallon tank. At least not enough to lose the other functionality. With this update though, we could have the best of both worlds.
I don't mind stopping more often to compensate for the 26-gallon tank. At least not enough to lose the other functionality. With this update though, we could have the best of both worlds.
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Yep. That's exactly the way I look at it.
The MTE being wrong won't be a show stopper for me when the Titan tank comes out for the LWB trucks. But if we can get the tank size programmed that'll just be icing on the cake.
The MTE being wrong won't be a show stopper for me when the Titan tank comes out for the LWB trucks. But if we can get the tank size programmed that'll just be icing on the cake.
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I have had the Titan tank for several fill ups now. Truck has 17500 miles on it now. My low fuel light consistently comes on with 10 to 11 gallons left in the tank. The gauge shows about a small eighth of a tank. My trip computer is always within 1.5 gallons of actual fuel used. When the low fuel light does come on, I have over 125 miles of range before I would worry. I usually get fuel at the next well priced place after the light comes on. The only thing that is not accurate enough for any purpose I can think of is the MTE. When it is at zero I still have 7 or 8 gallons left. No big math skills needed to keep track of fuel.
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I have had the Titan tank for several fill ups now. Truck has 17500 miles on it now. My low fuel light consistently comes on with 10 to 11 gallons left in the tank. The gauge shows about a small eighth of a tank. My trip computer is always within 1.5 gallons of actual fuel used. When the low fuel light does come on, I have over 125 miles of range before I would worry. I usually get fuel at the next well priced place after the light comes on. The only thing that is not accurate enough for any purpose I can think of is the MTE. When it is at zero I still have 7 or 8 gallons left. No big math skills needed to keep track of fuel.
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Do you mean to prime the fuel lines?
If I'm thinking of the same thing, it's a simple flip of the key to the on position (do not start engine), wait 30 seconds, turn off then repeat six more times.
After changing the fuel filters, the OM says to do that seven times (3 1/2 minutes total). Always read the OM to verify for yourself.
EDIT: Actually, it is only six times total. Oh well, seven won't hurt either!
If I'm thinking of the same thing, it's a simple flip of the key to the on position (do not start engine), wait 30 seconds, turn off then repeat six more times.
After changing the fuel filters, the OM says to do that seven times (3 1/2 minutes total). Always read the OM to verify for yourself.
EDIT: Actually, it is only six times total. Oh well, seven won't hurt either!
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...and why would we need it? The tank holds 51 gallons of fuel. The mileage computer has not been off more than 1.5 gallons in 17500 miles. That equates to roughly 25 miles of range discrepancy. There is 10 to 11 gallons of fuel remaining when the light comes on. That is a 100 miles of driving with 50 miles of reserve after that. I found out by accident that the truck would go 60 miles beyond the MTE = 0 reading when Deb took the truck. This tells me that the stock setup is also conservatively calibrated. If one knows there is consistently 10 gallons of fuel when the light comes on, how do you run out of fuel? With all that said, I am eagerly awaiting the arrival of fuel tank size re-calibration capabilities.
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...and why would we need it? The tank holds 51 gallons of fuel. The mileage computer has not been off more than 1.5 gallons in 17500 miles. That equates to roughly 25 miles of range discrepancy. There is 10 to 11 gallons of fuel remaining when the light comes on. That is a 100 miles of driving with 50 miles of reserve after that. I found out by accident that the truck would go 60 miles beyond the MTE = 0 reading when Deb took the truck. This tells me that the stock setup is also conservatively calibrated. If one knows there is consistently 10 gallons of fuel when the light comes on, how do you run out of fuel? With all that said, I am eagerly awaiting the arrival of fuel tank size re-calibration capabilities.
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). Not a real comforting feeling knowing this... That is why we small plane jockeys stick our fuel tanks during pre-flight and calculate our burn rate manually as opposed to trusting the gauges. And some of us go a step further and equip our plane with fuel totalizers that measure actual fuel flow and calculate it for us.
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let's not even drag small airplane fuel systems into this discussion
...Maurader is right...fuel calculations there make the Titan monitoring issues a total non-issue...and I won't fall out of the sky if I make a mistake on reserves in my truck
...Maurader is right...fuel calculations there make the Titan monitoring issues a total non-issue...and I won't fall out of the sky if I make a mistake on reserves in my truck
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