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Vol4Ever Enthusiast

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Traded a 2007 Silverado Z71 for a 2015 Sierra Z71. Love the updated instrument cluster and more graphical DIC. Really nice, but I'm curious where the "fuel used" screen went. I used that thing all the time on my 07. Been thru settings and found place to toggle only those info screens you want to see (another cool upgrade). Am I just missing the fuel used somewhere? Totally bummed if GM took that out.....

 

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Standard display

 

 

2016 Denali dash has the fuel used readout on the page with the Timer it is one of 12 available pages to choose from. Not sure if other uplevel DIC's have it or not.

 

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Donstar Senior Enthusiast

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Would the screen that shows how many miles left on your current level of fuel not be a good substitute?

Vol4Ever Enthusiast

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You could get a programmer. My Bully Dog shows fuel used.

How did you add that with a programmer? I have an OBDII plug in Bluetooth diagnostic monitor, but I don't think it has programming capability.

Vol4Ever Enthusiast

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Would the screen that shows how many miles left on your current level of fuel not be a good substitute?

I use that screen too, but I always did the fuel used when filling up. It was eerily accurate versus the gas pump. I would also occasionally use it without resetting (trip for example) to keep up with overall fuel for an extended period. Just can't figure out what GM gained by removing that screen. It's obvious the truck still has the data. Weird.

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How did you add that with a programmer? I have an OBDII plug in Bluetooth diagnostic monitor, but I don't think it has programming capability.

The Bully Dog has a built in function which displays fuel economy such as the MPG, amount of fuel used, energy consumption etc. As far as I know the programmer doesn't activate the fuel used option in the trucks DIC, but rather displays that data on the Bully Dog screen itself.

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