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Re: Older good fuel mileage small truck?


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Posted by jdemaris on April 07, 2014 at 06:21:25 from (70.194.3.255):

In Reply to: Re: Older good fuel mileage small truck? posted by buickanddeere on April 07, 2014 at 05:23:21:

Anybody who drives a diesel on the road is going
to get "bad fills" with foamy diesel fuel. When
that happens - it kind of feels good because it
will seem like extremely high MPGs for that one
tank full. Next tank though will be the converse.
So OK. I've had many occasions when one tank
"fill" showed 24-25 MPG with my 3/4 ton diesel
truck. I'm not fool enough to believe it means
anything. It happens mostly with my Ford (small
filler neck) or the rear tank on my 92 Dodge. 25
MPG for one fill, and 11-12 MPG for the next. I
pity any poor person trying to buy and fix up and
old truck who believes some of these BS stories. I
fell for them once - a long time ago. The farmer
next door bought a first-year Ford F250 with a 6.9
diesel. He bragged for years it got 25 MPG ALL the
time. Well I borrowed it and drove it 1200 miles.
It got a average of 13.2 MPG for a long highway
trip. 4.10 axles, 4WD, and C6 trans. There was
also a guy in town with a 1987 Chevy diesel
Suburban with 4WD, 6.2 diesel, TH400 trans and
3.73 axles. He said he got 30 MPG on the highway.
I ended up owning it and it's still running and on
its third engine. It has never gotten better then
18 MPG on the highway and 13 MPG "stop and go."
That is in NY at 1300 feet. When at 5000 feet in
Colorado it got a best of 14 MPG. And these 45 MPG
stories with diesel LUVs and Isuzu PUPs - pure BS.
I've had many and am still driving a 85 PUP with
the 2.2 diesel. A gas truck with a 2 liter engine
would be cheaper to drive. Big problem as I see
it when looking for small trucks now-adays is
this. Hardly anyone makes 4WDs with small engines.
I was searching for years for a Ranger with 4WD
and a four cylinder engine. Very scarce.


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