S 500 Sedan (140.051) V8-5.0L (119.980) (1996)
Trip Computer: Description and Operation
Fuel Consumption Function
Fuel Consumption Function
Task
Advising current fuel consumption to trip computer by means of groups of square-wave pulses.
Design/function
The fuel consumption signal (e.g. 8 ltr./hour) is computed from the fuel injection times. One square wave pulse means 0.2 ltr./hour
NOTE: With CAN-compatible instrument cluster, information is transferred from engine control module through CAN to instrument cluster.