OP-COM Board Computer Fuel Consumption Correction

(Geoff Ayton)

1) Connect the OP-COM hardware to the vehicle diagnostics port and the computer, and turn the key to the ignition position. 2) Open the OP-COM software on the computer and click Diagnostics.

3) Select the vehicle year (in my case a Astra H 2006 1.9CDTi)

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OP-COM Board Computer Fuel Consumption Correction 4) Select the vehicle

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5) Select Engine to get to the engine related diagnostics interface

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OP-COM Board Computer Fuel Consumption Correction 6) Select the engine

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7) Select Programming

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OP-COM Board Computer Fuel Consumption Correction 8) Select Fuel Consumption Correction

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9) Below is the dialogue where the correction factor is entered. The available range is -12.8% to +12.7%, as such any value between -12.8 and 12.7 can be entered.

To calculate the correction value, follow the procedure below: a) Fill up the fuel tank until the pump clicks off. Reset the Board Computer values b) Drive as normal. c) When required refill the fuel tank, again until the pump clicks off. Note down the quantity of fuel put into the tank, also record the indicated quantity of fuel used on the board computer. Typically the fuel station gives the quantity in litres, but the Board Computer indicates in Gallons. The conversion factor is 4.546092 litres in a Gallon. I used litres for the calculation in the next step; therefore I multiplied the indicated value from the Board Computer (in gallons) by 4.546092 to give the value in litres.

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OP-COM Board Computer Fuel Consumption Correction

Geoff Ayton

d) Knowing the actual amount of fuel used, and the value indicated by the Board Computer for the same driving period the percentage discrepancy of the actual value to the indicated value can be calculated. To do this use the formula below (units can be litres or gallons but either way the same unit must be used for both values): JJJIJJ IIJJ {{II . HJII{ HJII{ 0

10) Enter the calculated value and click Program New Value. If the programming is successful the dialogue below will appear.

Other Notes The information available on performing this process with OP-COM is very limited and there are some uncertainties I have having performed the process. i) I expect the value entered in step 10 adds a correction factor applied after the ECU performs a raw calculation in the ECU. I also personally believe that every time a new correction factor is programmed the previous one is overwritten. However there is a small possibility that corrections stack up i.e. the latest correction corrects the last correction and so on. ii) I am 99.999% certain that the factor is based on the Fuel Consumption value and not the MPG value but for the sake of considering all possibilities there is a chance that it could be. If this were the case obviously the correction would be the other way round of the MPG value is too HIGH, then it means the indicated Fuel Consumption is too LOW and vice versa. Therefore correcting the Fuel Consumption UP, would be the same as correcting the MPG DOWN. iii) I have been recording the actual and indicated Fuel Consumption and MPG values for quite a while, so the value I used has been over the course of many tanks of fuel, as opposed to the single tanks as per step 9. Hopefully this should further increase the accuracy of the correction. The factor I used was 0.1%, i.e. I calculated the actual fuel consumed was 0.1% greater than the indicated value. For interest the variation in this factor ranged between 0.08% and 0.15% over the course of 11 tanks of fuel.

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