Obd1 scan gauge

[Red4doorAccord]

Recently i have been really interested in my fuel mileage. I have tried to do the whole fill the gas tank then set your trip but i always forget and add more fuel. So i went looking for a scan gauge but they are all made for obd2 and not for obd1. My question is can you modify the obd2 one to work with your obd1 or can you take a obd1 to obd2 harness and run it off there? Im really interested and im definitely down to get dirty to get one!

[GhostAccord]

No, they use 2 completely different protocols/languages. OBD1 really is a pretty dumb data transfer protocol compared to the much more enhanced OBD2. Even OBD2 will not give you a MPG reading anyway.

A chipped OBD1 ECU would allow you a much better look inside what your ECU is doing. However that is a bit of cash to put out just to monitor something like MPG that is Easily calculated by dividing your gallons/mile.

if you really want to get fancy computer MPG updates just buy a new car with a factory calculated (biased) MPG display.

IMO Nothing beats filling up at the pump and doing the real calculations.

If you are really that concerned about MPG you should keep a pen and paper in your car to log your data. The money you would pay to convert your OBD1 to OBD2 or use an aftermarket MPG logger, would render your efforts to save money on fuel moot!

[wildBill83]

[Red4doorAccord]

😂 ⬆️ what about taking a obd1 to obd2 harness and running a ecu from a 96 and up f22?

[GhostAccord]

Downlaod the MPG app onto your phone.

All the work required to add all the emissions components and converting to an OBD2 ECU still won't spit out a detailed MPG chart for you. You would then also need to install an OBD2 scan port and buy an OBD2 port scan cable to hook up to another logger of some sort.

So again.. is it really worth the time and money switching to an OBD2 ECU just to read sensor data from a computer that won't gain you any MPG.

[wildBill83]

Yes, like ghost said, I meant download the mpg app you update manually at every fill up. If you are really concerned with fuel mileage then install a wideband AFR and learn to hypermile.

[Red4doorAccord]

Yes, like ghost said, I meant download the mpg app you update manually at every fill up. If you are really concerned with fuel mileage then install a wideband AFR and learn to hypermile.

What does the wideband do and what is hypermile?

[wildBill83]

What does the wideband do and what is hypermile?

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=wideband+02+sensor+mpg

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=hypermiling

There I made links for you.