Fuel optimizer

It's no different then company. After u except load u tell it how much full u have. The only thing different is you'll be running longer between stops. But no way to physically tell it how big your tanks are. I know on company trucks, there replacing the fuel sender with a digital one that gives more accurate readings

 

contact your IC DBL to see i fthey can get it changed specific to your truck. I run a day cab , single 100 gal tank. Last monday I was supposed to fuel twice. Once to start the day at 50 gal and second to end the day at 155 gal. Ummmm.........

Spoke to my DBL today and she said they reset all trucks to 200 gal in the system for this new optimizer garbage. PITA if you ask me.

 

The change with the "digital switch" is that they're using the fuel economy off the performance monitoring. We still tell them how full or mt our tanks are.

IMO the fuel 'optimizer' is a joke. I know we pay a different price than the posted price, and there are IFTA considereations, but half the time the solutions are asinine for efficient running of the truck. Going from MSP to Maxton, NC it gave me one fuel stop - LaSalle, IL. Ignore for the minute that LaSalle isn't enroute, but 850 miles is a little far to go on one tank.

 

Just remember the tanks are curved at the bottom. If you get really low and climb a hill your fuel moves away from pick up. You also get trash when your fuel gets really low.

 

I think the sensor is OEM. You might have one allready. Check you QC under system, then VDS and then poke around a little. There may be a digital fuel reading.

When I had my glider I had a similar issue, a highly variable fuel gauage and no fuel burned reading. I just watched my real mpg, miles from last fill up and did the math. Usually was pretty close.

 

Depends on your year. 14 and newer already equipped with new sending units. Older trucks are being retrofitted at there next pm. DFO next time your in Charlotte talk to the shop they'll b able to tell you which pieces are retrofitted.