So what's wrong this picture? [Archive]

SprintED

03-14-2007, 06:30 PM

Is it because the Odometer on this 2006 or older has only 2.7 miles on it?...seems fairly low...does it take more that this to get a new sprinter from assembly line to truck to dealer floor???

Ed:thinking:

sikwan

03-14-2007, 06:34 PM

Not due to mileage or the digital readout.

Hint: Something is wrong with the gauges.

:smilewink:

mgameros

03-14-2007, 06:38 PM

ahhh, you have a full tank?

sikwan

03-14-2007, 06:49 PM

ahhh, you have a full tank?

Sorry, not the correct answer.

Everything is off. The key is not in the ignition. All the gauges work.

Altered Sprinter

03-14-2007, 09:29 PM

Taking an absolute wild guess cause we are all blinded to the obvious:laughing:
That metric gauge looks out of whack with the MPH unit.Then again I'm looking at it up side down again
Richard

sikwan

03-14-2007, 09:33 PM

Taking an absolute wild guess cause we are all blinded to the obvious:laughing:
That metric gauge looks out of whack with the MPH unit.Then again I'm looking at it up side down again
Richard

It's not that obvious, but you're close. It has to do with the tach and the speedo. I only noticed it after doing this...

http://sprinter-source.com/forum/showthread.php?t=875

...to it. :laughing:

Seek

Altered Sprinter

03-14-2007, 09:47 PM

I have to bow out of this one as your gauges are different to mine in both RPM markings where I have two on the RPM counter you have one only and besides My temp gauge only goes to 120 Celsius
I think the indicator on the RPM is set too low for zero>:thinking:
You've been fiddling with it in your pajamas! I know you haven't lit it up yet
Richard
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sikwan

03-15-2007, 03:14 AM

I think the indicator on the RPM is set too low for zero

It looks low, but when I turn the key, with the motor still off, the needles zero themselves. :thinking:

Anyways, I thought the needles were the same size for the tach and the speedo. I mean why wouldn't they be. So I'm on the road looking at the speedo and I don't remember the needle extending all the way to the mph digit. :wtf: Figured out that I swapped needles. :bash: :laughing:

Well, I won't be fixing it until I get my new LEDs.

Seek

Altered Sprinter

03-15-2007, 04:10 AM

Yep you have them back to front, ggod one I only looked at mine and the blue hell pic and even that one shows the opposite to yours, does it matter?
Richard

mgameros

03-15-2007, 04:22 AM

yeah seek does "SIZE" really matter?:smirk:

sikwan

03-15-2007, 04:25 AM

Yep you have them back to front, ggod one I only looked at mine and the blue hell pic and even that one shows the opposite to yours, does it matter?

You're right. It probably doesn't. Only thing is every time I look at the speedo and how it extends past the line and it blocks the mph numbers, it'll always remind me how I mistakenly swapped the needles. It's a mental thing, so I'll have to change it. :laughing:

I was also thinking how people are complaining that the speedo is fast 3-5mph. They can always install the needle below the zero to correct the difference.

yeah seek does "SIZE" really matter?:smirk:

:shhh: :bounce:

Seek

kkanuck

03-15-2007, 04:34 AM

Is there a dimmer for the dash lights, I have never been able to find one?

Cheers,

Tibor

sikwan

03-15-2007, 04:38 AM

Is there a dimmer for the dash lights, I have never been able to find one?

It's the + and - buttons just under the digital readout.

Seek

kkanuck

03-15-2007, 01:26 PM

Thank You Sir.

talkinghorse43

03-15-2007, 02:45 PM

I was also thinking how people are complaining that the speedo is fast 3-5mph. They can always install the needle below the zero to correct the difference.

Except for me the error is not constant. For me, actual = 0.93 X indicated.

sikwan

03-15-2007, 03:26 PM

Except for me the error is not constant. For me, actual = 0.93 X indicated.

I think you're right. If I remember correctly the error was not linear. The error would increase as speed increased (at least for me).

Seek

BaywoodBill

03-15-2007, 04:49 PM

Yeah, the difference is a percentage. That's why you can get the scan gauge to give you the accurate number.

I like the puzzles you present, Seek. Not that I figure out the answer but I like the puzzles.

kkanuck

03-15-2007, 05:03 PM

How do you set up scan gauge to work on the Sprinter, I show it is only getting 10 mpg, so it must need some adjustment of some kind?

sikwan

03-15-2007, 05:29 PM

How do you set up scan gauge to work on the Sprinter, I show it is only getting 10 mpg, so it must need some adjustment of some kind?

There is an adjustment in the scangauge menu. You will have to play around with the settings. I've seen it, but haven't thoroughly played with it because I have gps.

BaywoodBill

03-16-2007, 04:16 PM

That's right. In the setup of the device you can adjust the mileage read out by a percentage. I just installed my scanguage and I set it for -3%. I think.
I haven't driven yet to see if it's accurate.

In reading the scanguage manual and setting the % deviation I at first thought I needed to set the thing to +3% but then I thought that would make the scanguage read even higher speed that the speedometer, so I changed it to -3%.

Today I'm driving a few miles and I can see what it looks like. In a couple of weeks we will go on a trip with the GPS hooked up and can do a more accurate check.

BaywoodBill

03-17-2007, 04:06 PM

So, as I was driving along I thought the ScanGauge showed a speed that was too low. I adjusted it to -2%.

In addition, the speed shown in the ScanGauge wasn't truly lower by the 3% I had asked for. At 50 mph it showed 45. At 40 it showed 35. At 60 it showed 55 but maybe I was going 61. That's much more linear than I expected to see.

BaywoodBill

03-31-2007, 03:25 AM

I have now gone driving for a while and brought my GPS along for company. It turns out that without adjustment the scangauge read the actual MPH as confirmed by the GPS.

sikwan

03-31-2007, 03:31 AM

So that means if someone was to lower the speedo needle, it will actually read accurate. :bounce:

acvr4

03-31-2007, 04:44 AM

pgr

03-31-2007, 10:42 AM

Weird isn't it. The computer reads the correct speed and I imagine that the odometer is correct but the needle is off.
I knew my speed was off when I first got my Sprinter, I verified it with my GPS and when I got the Scan Guage I saw that it shows the correct speed - identical to the GPS :idunno:
I guess some brass somewheres doesn't want you to speed :wtf:

I had the same experience with mine. I didn't adjust the spedo percentage at all, figuring it would be right on and it seems to be. Also, after several fill ups the amount of fuel used is within a tenth of a gallon as compared to the pump and I expect it to get right on after a few more fill ups.

pgr