Engine hour meter...
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Kmvreter
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Lets me calculate an actual average kmh (mph) for maintenance or on long trips (haven't bothered to compare it to the dash readout.)Gryphon said:
Would have liked to put it inside but the analog has a noisy timer click to it. I might break down and get a quiet digital but haven't really looked for one. This works for me.
Kmvreter
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I feel the need (to know how many hours I put behind the wheel in my baby.) Think of all the extra math you can do with that. Do I sound obsessed? Yes, I'm obsessed, probably an understatement. Aren't you? Different strokes for different folks. Some like bling, some like sound, some like motors...Koz said:
sweet mod, I would like to put a engine timer on that does idle speed for when sitting at idle and load speed for when driving but I doubt thats possible, their have been times when I let my truck idle for 4 hours, usually once a week, maybe twice and I put 5-8k on the oil, UOA said I could push it to 10k but I changed it, not the 4Runner.
I thought I read that the GM Heavy Duty Trucks come with engine timers
My uncle had a boat, he changed the oil every 300 hours I think, he figured it out roughly with his cars that the 300 hours was about 3000 miles but WOT going uphill all day
I thought I read that the GM Heavy Duty Trucks come with engine timers
My uncle had a boat, he changed the oil every 300 hours I think, he figured it out roughly with his cars that the 300 hours was about 3000 miles but WOT going uphill all day
nserpa9248
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300 hours in a boat is ALOT different btw..
Idk, i think any "hourly" reading would be very, very innacurate unless you could differntiate DRIVE TIME and IDLE TIME..
Now, i think it would be possible to do this, BUT it would be difficult..if you could put some sort of switch in the shifter that knew when the car was not in park..which you could prob rig up a bracket and a quiet push-style momentary switch, and that would allow the timer to go via a realy or something...
Or if the wires going into the dashboard instrument cluster had differnt wires for each indicator lights (that indicate P R N D 2 L) then you could wire up a relay again to actuate the timer..
Idk, i think any "hourly" reading would be very, very innacurate unless you could differntiate DRIVE TIME and IDLE TIME..
Now, i think it would be possible to do this, BUT it would be difficult..if you could put some sort of switch in the shifter that knew when the car was not in park..which you could prob rig up a bracket and a quiet push-style momentary switch, and that would allow the timer to go via a realy or something...
Or if the wires going into the dashboard instrument cluster had differnt wires for each indicator lights (that indicate P R N D 2 L) then you could wire up a relay again to actuate the timer..
Jeff Kleb
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We have heavy-duty International trucks (diesel, of course) at work, and each of them is equipped with an "engine hour meter" -- since we do more idling than most people do with their cars. It helps a lot, since the "city" trucks travel fewer miles but work a lot harder than the "highway" trucks that have three times the road miles on them.
The Ford Crown Vic with the 'police package' comes with an engine hour meter as well. Seems as though Officer Friendly does his share of idling, too.
charlier180
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Kmvreter said:
Just wondering, do you do a LOT of idling or low speed driving?
Do you use your vehicle as a delivery vehicle in a large city?
I see why trucks (especially ones with diesel engines) that idle for hours might find an engine hour meter useful to determine maintenance schedules.
Just having a hard time seeing the usefulness of having this info in a personal vehicle.
Have fun with your mod. After all, it is your vehicle.
The talk about idling in this thread remids me of the time I was using my 4Runner to tow my trailer to a car show.
Long story short I sat in my 4Runner for 3 hours idling with the A/C on.
The reason I bring up that story is the impact on my MPG with almost 3 hours of idling.
To my amazement all that idling (with the V8) did not drastically reduce fuel mileage compared to other towing trips without excessive idling
Then again when you get 8-9 MPG towing how much lower can you go?
I could use an engine idle meter, because sometimes when we are waiting for storms to ease or trying to pass rivers or other rough terrain, we tend to sit in our rigs for hours... And often it's not safe to turn them off, because of the risk of them not being able to fire up or simply just getting stuck because of all the snow that's comin' from the sky!
Btw, my rig burns 'bout 2-4l of diesel per hour at idle, abit more at high-idle (900-1200rpms, when it's so much wind and so cold that it wont keep itself hot unless at high-idle) .... lol
Btw, my rig burns 'bout 2-4l of diesel per hour at idle, abit more at high-idle (900-1200rpms, when it's so much wind and so cold that it wont keep itself hot unless at high-idle) .... lol