Turbo Odometer

[WisdoM]

I never really pay much attention to the odometer reading on my truck…It was in the 500,000”s when I bought it so anyway today our company truck is down so I’m driving my own and tracking the mileage for reimbursement…I drove a little over 22 miles the odometer says I went 188 miles?! Whats up with that

 

[Shran]

Ignore it and turn in 188 miles for reimbursement. Then make sure your company truck stays broken down.

 

[SawyerRanger]

did you forget to reset it/not push in the button all the way?

 

[daniel3507]

Ignore it and turn in 188 miles for reimbursement. Then make sure your company truck stays broken down.

 

[feellnfroggy]

Your truck is geared lower than factory, this will cause it to reflect more mileage driven than actual. Mine is geared higher than factory due to a tranny swap, I reflect less miles driven than actual. But my odometer is exempt on title anyways so it dont matter.

 

[WisdoM]

Your truck is geared lower than factory, this will cause it to reflect more mileage driven than actual. Mine is geared higher than factory due to a tranny swap, I reflect less miles driven than actual. But my odometer is exempt on title anyways so it dont matter.

thats interesting....so how do I tell what gears I have?

 

[LearjetMinako]

Unless you did a gear swap, the odometer should be within a certain range. Also you if didn't press the trip reset button good enough, it maybe counting from a higher mileage (thats if you are going by the trip meter).

 

[WisdoM]

Unless you did a gear swap, the odometer should be within a certain range. Also you if didn't press the trip reset button good enough, it maybe counting from a higher mileage (thats if you are going by the trip meter).

no its not the trip odometer and I didnt do a gear swap but who knows what other owners did....the only thing I've done that would make it off is put 33" tires but I didnt think it would be that far off...wouldnt larger tires make it show less miles

 

[MusicManiac]

Also, if he only went 22 miles and it showed 188, it seems like that would be a huge gear ratio change. Like unreasonably huge. Right?

 

[Sevensecondsuv]

You guys got it all wrong. It's probably a 5 digit and he thinks the white dial is ones, when it's really tenths. That would mean he drove 18.8 miles, not 188. 18.8 vs the actual 22 is about the difference he would get by installing the 33s.

You'd think people would realize the white dial is tenths but this isn't the first time people have come on here posting about it. I'll never forget the guy who thought he was putting 100,000 miles on his truck each year when in fact it was only 10,000. He was all excited when it turned "Three Hundred Thousand Miles!!!" when it was actually only 30,000.

Furthermore, the speedometer needle and the odometer are mechanically coupled. If he was racking up miles that fast the speedometer needle would have shown 800 miles per hour or something. This is just another classic case of "1/10s digit confusion".

 

[kcm1582]

That sounds about right with the tire size change. Its a 16% oversize from stock which matches the discrepancy in mileage.

 

[LearjetMinako]

You guys got it all wrong. It's probably a 5 digit and he thinks the white dial is ones, when it's really tenths. That would mean he drove 18.8 miles, not 188. 18.8 vs the actual 22 is about the difference he would get by installing the 33s.

You'd think people would realize the white dial is tenths but this isn't the first time people have come on here posting about it. I'll never forget the guy who thought he was putting 100,000 miles on his truck each year when in fact it was only 10,000. He was all excited when it turned "Three Hundred Thousand Miles!!!" when it was actually only 30,000.

Furthermore, the speedometer needle and the odometer are mechanically coupled. If he was racking up miles that fast the speedometer needle would have shown 800 miles per hour or something. This is just another classic case of "1/10s digit confusion".

Makes sense. I was thinking more of the newer 6-digit odometer without the 1/10 digit.

 

[WisdoM]

I didnt relize its only a 5 digit lol
thanks for the replies

 

[MusicManiac]

You guys got it all wrong. It's probably a 5 digit and he thinks the white dial is ones, when it's really tenths. That would mean he drove 18.8 miles, not 188. 18.8 vs the actual 22 is about the difference he would get by installing the 33s.

You'd think people would realize the white dial is tenths but this isn't the first time people have come on here posting about it. I'll never forget the guy who thought he was putting 100,000 miles on his truck each year when in fact it was only 10,000. He was all excited when it turned "Three Hundred Thousand Miles!!!" when it was actually only 30,000.

Furthermore, the speedometer needle and the odometer are mechanically coupled. If he was racking up miles that fast the speedometer needle would have shown 800 miles per hour or something. This is just another classic case of "1/10s digit confusion".

Haha! No way! That is hilarious. I gotta think that most people would know the difference while watching it roll over every tenth of a mile. Funny the kind of mistakes we make when we aren't thinking. LOL!!!

Glad ya got it figured out Wisdom.

 

[feellnfroggy]

Well, i would hafta agree,LOL. I didnt think about that either. And i wasnt necessarily referring to a gear change, I was thinking maybe the old owners swapped trannys too. but yeah its too big of a jump. Glad one of us is intelligent.